St Josephs Community Hospital West Bend
3200 Pleasant Valley Road, West Bend, WI 53095 · (262) 334-5533
The money
$26what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$5.7Mnet income, all sources
−9.9%margin on patient care alone
$2.2Mcost of charity care (1.4% of costs)
$5.2Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
70beds
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)
| Stay | Medicare stays | Billed | Paid | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heart failure, with major complications 291 | 90 | $38,519 | $9,762 | |
| Sepsis, with major complications 871 | 80 | $59,381 | $14,344 | |
| Lung infection, with major complications 177 | 53 | $52,793 | $10,794 | |
| Sepsis 872 | 32 | $36,815 | $6,912 | |
| Respiratory failure 189 | 27 | $44,592 | $10,992 | |
| Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 378 | 23 | $29,576 | $7,216 | |
| Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 698 | 20 | $47,304 | $9,711 | |
| Bowel obstruction, with complications 389 | 19 | $31,205 | $5,288 | |
| Pneumonia, with major complications 193 | 18 | $41,194 | $8,602 | |
| Kidney failure, with major complications 682 | 16 | $42,983 | $8,903 | |
| Kidney failure, with complications 683 | 16 | $28,579 | $5,935 | |
| Stomach and digestive disorders 392 | 15 | $24,553 | $5,838 | |
| Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 065 | 14 | $45,856 | $6,284 | |
| Skin infection (cellulitis) 603 | 12 | $26,544 | $5,680 | |
| Urinary tract infection 690 | 12 | $24,794 | $5,206 | |
| Hip or knee replacement 470 | 11 | $77,587 | $12,488 |
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