US Health Care Costs

St. Catherine Hospital - Garden City

401 East Spruce, Garden City, KS 67846 · (620) 225-8400

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

The money

$25what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$7.4Mnet income, all sources
−7.1%margin on patient care alone
$5.0Mcost of charity care (6.1% of costs)
$9.2Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
90beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending June 2025. 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 871127$51,149$22,859
Heart failure, with major complications 29140$31,465$14,398
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85322$128,954$52,194
Sepsis 87222$29,440$11,888
Kidney failure, with major complications 68221$35,472$16,151
Bowel surgery, with complications 33019$86,551$28,103
Respiratory failure 18918$31,701$13,264
Heart attack, with major complications 28014$42,630$17,407
Heart stent 32214$78,375$19,535
Kidney failure, with complications 68314$25,640$9,667
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37813$20,793$10,574
Lung infection, with major complications 17712$59,811$17,992
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48112$69,886$22,308
Heart attack, with complications 28111$30,089$10,037
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".