US Health Care Costs

Ssm Health St Mary's Hospital -Centralia

400 North Pleasant Avenue, Centralia, IL 62801 · (618) 436-8000

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

The money

$21what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$40.2Mnet income, all sources
27.8%margin on patient care alone
$2.1Mcost of charity care (2.7% of costs)
$4.7Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
92beds

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 871181$38,789$15,798
Pneumonia, with major complications 19368$26,585$10,887
Heart failure, with major complications 29153$29,434$10,636
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68942$25,783$9,349
Lung infection, with major complications 17739$30,326$13,383
Respiratory failure 18938$28,922$9,905
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60335$17,204$7,144
Urinary tract infection 69034$22,296$6,682
Stomach and digestive disorders 39229$22,265$6,646
Sepsis 87229$30,139$8,245
Kidney failure, with complications 68321$24,990$7,238
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64120$14,457$6,196
Kidney failure, with major complications 68218$28,840$11,868
Pneumonia, with complications 19416$27,309$6,669
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69815$32,529$13,289
Seizures with Mcc 10014$27,196$15,790
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30914$24,745$5,993
Fainting 31212$28,049$7,005
Diabetes, with complications 63812$21,898$7,257
Lung infection, with complications 17811$25,219$8,088
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 30811$29,113$9,452
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