US Health Care Costs

St Bernard Hospital

326 W 64th St, Chicago, IL 60621 · (773) 962-3900

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

The money

$74what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$30.0Mnet income, all sources
−58.7%margin on patient care alone
$6.1Mcost of charity care (5.4% of costs)
$557,622unpaid bills written off (bad debt)
114beds

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 87128$46,644$21,948
Heart failure, with major complications 29117$28,713$11,860
Kidney failure, with major complications 68213$43,142$14,866
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64011$41,493$14,769
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".