US Health Care Costs

Spectrum Health United Hospital

615 S Bower Street, Greenville, MI 48838 · (616) 754-4691

General hospitalVoluntary non-profit - OtherNo emergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$32what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$15.9Mnet income, all sources
9.5%margin on patient care alone
$1.1Mcost of charity care (0.9% of costs)
$8.0Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
45beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending December 2024. Non-profit hospitals must have a financial assistance (charity care) policy; ask for it if a bill is hard to pay.

Hospital stays

Medicare figures are 2024 averages for this hospital; the bars show how much of the bill was actually paid.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

StayMedicare staysBilledPaid
Sepsis, with major complications 87164$29,256$16,279
Heart failure, with major complications 29143$19,570$12,075
COPD, with major complications 19021$17,626$9,995
Respiratory failure 18919$25,112$12,193
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64119$11,665$7,945
Pneumonia, with major complications 19318$23,295$11,495
Sepsis 87216$18,277$9,706
Lung infection, with major complications 17714$25,458$14,943
Urinary tract infection 69012$16,962$8,087
Kidney failure, with complications 68311$12,595$8,677
Cash and insurer prices for this hospital haven't been added yet. Every US hospital must publish them; search the hospital's website for "price transparency" or "standard charges".