US Health Care Costs

St Luke's Hospital at the Vintage

20171 Chasewood Park Drive, Houston, TX 77070 · (832) 534-5000

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

The money

$13what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$6.9Mnet income, all sources
−6.8%margin on patient care alone
$7.2Mcost of charity care (6.3% of costs)
$23.7Munpaid 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 871109$102,453$15,480
Heart attack, with major complications 28039$88,358$13,008
Lung infection, with major complications 17730$110,172$13,023
Heart failure, with major complications 29121$70,963$10,483
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69820$78,636$13,071
Respiratory failure 18919$76,072$10,864
Kidney failure, with major complications 68216$60,590$11,816
Pneumonia, with major complications 19314$70,808$11,319
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85314$204,522$36,046
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 37713$91,937$14,528
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64013$54,660$10,576
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68912$65,733$9,811
Fainting 31211$55,768$7,850
Sepsis 87211$58,593$9,712
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".