US Health Care Costs

St Luke's Patients Medical Center

4600 East Sam Houston Parkway South, Pasadena, TX 77505 · (281) 487-0700

General hospitalProprietaryEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$14what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$5.5Mnet income, all sources
−8.5%margin on patient care alone
$6.8Mcost of charity care (8.9% of costs)
$19.0Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
46beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending June 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 87135$106,935$13,384
Heart failure, with major complications 29120$71,568$8,624
Sepsis 87217$54,363$6,940
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60316$46,899$6,189
Stomach and digestive disorders 39212$60,902$5,512
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69812$76,928$10,883
Lung infection, with major complications 17711$84,474$11,130
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