US Health Care Costs

St Joseph Medical Center

1401 St. Joseph Parkway, Houston, TX 77002 · (713) 757-1000

General hospitalPhysicianEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$23what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$36.6Mnet income, all sources
−2.9%margin on patient care alone
$19.1Mcost of charity care (11.0% of costs)
$14.9Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
156beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending October 2024.

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 87111$97,233$25,198
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