US Health Care Costs

St James Hospital

411 Canisteo Street, Hornell, NY 14843 · (607) 324-8000

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

The money

$29what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$4.5Mnet income, all sources
3.9%margin on patient care alone
$394,418cost of charity care (0.9% of costs)
$1.1Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
15beds

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 87150$18,337$19,562
Respiratory failure 18928$16,132$12,557
Heart failure, with major complications 29124$17,274$13,083
Pneumonia, with major complications 19315$18,966$13,567
Lung infection, with major complications 17712$23,014$17,083
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".