St James Hospital
400 S Clark St, Butte, MT 59701 · (406) 723-2500
The money
$28what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$3.7Mnet income, all sources
−3.8%margin on patient care alone
$3.8Mcost of charity care (3.4% of costs)
$2.4Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
69beds
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)
| Stay | Medicare stays | Billed | Paid | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sepsis, with major complications 871 | 188 | $49,499 | $19,232 | |
| Sepsis 872 | 54 | $27,992 | $9,866 | |
| Heart failure, with major complications 291 | 36 | $41,179 | $12,715 | |
| Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 698 | 32 | $41,136 | $15,819 | |
| Lung infection, with major complications 177 | 28 | $33,385 | $16,819 | |
| Pneumonia, with major complications 193 | 17 | $28,278 | $12,631 | |
| Infection needing surgery, with major complications 853 | 17 | $115,052 | $47,407 | |
| Respiratory failure 189 | 15 | $39,123 | $12,656 | |
| Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 481 | 15 | $67,719 | $19,839 | |
| Heart stent 322 | 14 | $67,893 | $17,449 | |
| Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 065 | 11 | $30,082 | $9,832 | |
| Pulmonary Embolism with Mcc or Acute Cor Pulmonale 175 | 11 | $54,388 | $13,757 | |
| Hip replacement after a hip fracture 522 | 11 | $72,740 | $20,313 | |
| Kidney failure, with complications 683 | 11 | $24,746 | $8,562 |
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