US Health Care Costs

St Joseph Regional Medical Center

415 Sixth Street, Lewiston, ID 83501 · (208) 799-5300

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

The money

$25what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$1.6Mnet income, all sources
0.2%margin on patient care alone
$1.4Mcost of charity care (0.8% of costs)
$4.5Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
102beds

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 871107$46,697$18,418
Heart stent 32240$61,726$17,995
Heart failure, with major complications 29139$36,819$12,073
Pneumonia, with major complications 19331$29,555$12,616
Heart attack, with major complications 28028$42,396$14,757
Sepsis 87224$33,064$9,558
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06522$36,038$9,495
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion Without Cc/Mcc 45521$156,020$42,704
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64121$25,731$7,249
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85320$138,273$46,050
Lung infection, with major complications 17719$48,572$15,540
Respiratory failure 18918$29,985$11,465
Heart attack, with complications 28118$37,823$9,026
Kidney failure, with major complications 68218$39,149$13,963
Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive Without Cc/Mcc 28217$27,283$6,705
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 52217$66,222$19,680
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64017$32,229$12,173
Pulmonary Embolism Without Mcc 17614$31,609$7,570
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30914$26,660$6,898
Heart stent, with major complications or 4+ stents 32114$88,065$26,674
Kidney failure, with complications 68314$37,953$8,343
Other Major Cardiovascular Procedures Without Cc/Mcc 27213$83,508$22,638
Stroke, with major complications 06412$44,163$18,525
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48112$71,189$19,351
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