St Catherine Hospital Inc
4321 Fir Street, East Chicago, IN 46312 · (219) 392-7004
The money
$20what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$8.9Mnet income, all sources
−13.3%margin on patient care alone
$3.5Mcost of charity care (2.2% of costs)
$8.5Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
128beds
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)
| Stay | Medicare stays | Billed | Paid | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psychoses 885 | 209 | $39,190 | $11,417 | |
| Heart failure, with major complications 291 | 54 | $42,633 | $10,538 | |
| Sepsis, with major complications 871 | 40 | $54,256 | $15,261 | |
| Pneumonia, with major complications 193 | 23 | $49,823 | $10,709 | |
| Infection needing surgery, with major complications 853 | 23 | $123,667 | $35,653 | |
| Urinary tract infection 690 | 20 | $29,154 | $7,084 | |
| Lung infection, with major complications 177 | 16 | $39,534 | $14,012 | |
| COPD, with major complications 190 | 14 | $36,753 | $8,978 | |
| Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 640 | 14 | $42,246 | $10,609 | |
| Dehydration and electrolyte problems 641 | 13 | $25,202 | $6,657 | |
| Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 065 | 11 | $37,257 | $8,342 | |
| Other Major Cardiovascular Procedures with Cc 271 | 11 | $148,420 | $26,352 | |
| Kidney failure, with complications 683 | 11 | $31,916 | $7,506 | |
| Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 698 | 11 | $45,531 | $12,505 |
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