US Health Care Costs

St Elizabeth Community Hospital

2550 Sister Mary Columba Drive, Red Bluff, CA 96080 · (530) 529-8000

General hospitalVoluntary non-profit - ChurchNo emergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$21what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$54.0Mnet income, all sources
10.5%margin on patient care alone
$6.2Mcost of charity care (4.3% of costs)
$4.7Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
49beds

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 871210$88,095$21,036
Heart failure, with major complications 29168$65,381$13,801
Sepsis 87246$59,358$11,320
Respiratory failure 18940$80,192$13,329
Pneumonia, with major complications 19328$73,268$14,200
Kidney failure, with complications 68323$57,779$9,853
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06521$84,289$11,086
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37821$60,326$10,786
Lung infection, with major complications 17720$75,208$17,620
Kidney failure, with major complications 68220$82,699$16,683
COPD, with major complications 19019$61,275$11,980
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48119$104,221$21,862
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64016$60,942$14,087
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64114$56,419$8,727
Bowel obstruction, with complications 38911$56,244$8,838
Stomach and digestive disorders 39211$61,852$8,792
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60311$47,548$9,752
Urinary tract infection 69011$51,269$8,982
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".