US Health Care Costs

St Nicholas Hospital

3100 Superior Ave, Sheboygan, WI 53081 · (920) 459-8300

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

The money

$18what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$2.7Mnet income, all sources
−5.9%margin on patient care alone
$643,727cost of charity care (1.3% of costs)
$2.9Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
47beds

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 87141$48,081$15,325
Lung infection, with major complications 17716$41,979$11,403
Respiratory failure 18914$39,152$8,863
Heart failure, with major complications 29114$36,448$9,802
Pneumonia, with major complications 19313$35,314$9,941
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".