US Health Care Costs

St Lukes Regional Medical Center

2720 Stone Park Boulevard, Sioux City, IA 51104 · (712) 279-3500

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

The money

$35what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$15.7Mnet income, all sources
14.0%margin on patient care alone
$2.6Mcost of charity care (1.4% of costs)
$7.3Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
179beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending December 2024. 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 871270$42,094$14,946
Psychoses 88595$10,554$10,615
Heart failure, with major complications 29191$24,522$9,806
Lung infection, with major complications 17759$38,648$12,526
Pneumonia, with major complications 19350$27,637$9,541
Respiratory failure 18949$28,286$8,601
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85346$87,351$33,662
Sepsis 87241$19,629$7,957
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64031$29,203$9,968
Kidney failure, with complications 68331$21,977$7,116
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with major complications 48030$77,111$20,937
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69829$36,783$11,862
Heart attack, with major complications 28028$35,253$10,729
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37826$19,158$7,634
Fainting 31225$17,922$6,591
Kidney failure, with major complications 68224$28,013$10,869
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06523$19,727$7,726
Urinary tract infection 69023$12,905$5,920
Pulmonary Embolism with Mcc or Acute Cor Pulmonale 17521$28,352$10,232
Heart attack, with complications 28120$24,850$6,561
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48120$51,477$14,670
Stroke, with major complications 06419$32,597$13,891
Heart stent 32219$56,363$14,226
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 30818$20,841$9,309
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30918$13,249$5,796
Other circulation problems, with major complications 31418$43,532$13,655
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64117$14,216$5,856
Bowel obstruction, with complications 38915$16,440$6,029
Heart catheterization 28714$28,789$7,898
Heart stent, with major complications or 4+ stents 32114$68,666$20,090
Signs and Symptoms Without Mcc 94814$15,935$6,024
Extensive O.r. Procedures Unrelated to Principal Diagnosis with Mcc 98114$102,612$27,471
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60313$19,389$6,639
Pneumonia, with complications 19412$21,990$6,293
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 37712$39,699$12,798
Stomach and digestive disorders 39212$15,909$5,918
Other digestive problems, with complications 39412$11,904$7,110
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 52212$48,399$15,049
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68912$18,903$8,545
Breathing problem needing a ventilator (up to 4 days) 20811$63,139$20,645
Bowel surgery, with complications 33011$51,013$18,352
Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Procedures with Cc 67411$54,104$20,842
Infectious and Parasitic Diseases with O.r. Procedures with Cc 85411$53,227$15,606

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