US Health Care Costs

Ssm Health St Clare Hospital - Baraboo

707 14th St, Baraboo, WI 53913 · (608) 356-1400

General hospitalVoluntary non-profit - PrivateEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$21what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$16.1Mnet income, all sources
23.7%margin on patient care alone
$1.2Mcost of charity care (2.2% of costs)
$4.9Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
43beds

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 87163$53,980$17,230
Heart failure, with major complications 29149$29,937$11,064
Pneumonia, with major complications 19338$36,103$11,798
Lung infection, with major complications 17722$44,881$14,729
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60320$33,166$8,294
Sepsis 87217$37,083$9,396
Respiratory failure 18913$30,263$10,847
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06512$38,234$9,240
Pneumonia, with complications 19411$22,867$7,958
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".