US Health Care Costs

St Joseph Health System, LLC

702 Van Buren St., Fort Wayne, IN 46802 · (260) 425-3000

General hospitalProprietaryEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$12what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$920,999net income, all sources
1.6%margin on patient care alone
$2.1Mcost of charity care (3.4% of costs)
$5.0Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
35beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending May 2025.

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 87131$85,898$19,094
Heart failure, with major complications 29115$64,666$15,797
Pneumonia, with major complications 19312$59,277$15,466
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".