US Health Care Costs

Sutter Amador Hospital

200 Mission Blvd, Jackson, CA 95642 · (209) 223-7500

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

The money

$26what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$3.2Mnet income, all sources
1.6%margin on patient care alone
$930,791cost of charity care (1.0% of costs)
$3.8Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
52beds

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 871214$77,005$25,623
Heart failure, with major complications 29159$60,288$17,217
Sepsis 87252$55,047$12,974
Pneumonia, with major complications 19322$63,878$16,592
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48122$82,632$24,978
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37820$49,214$13,594
Kidney failure, with complications 68318$42,621$11,315
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06517$64,814$21,644
Lung infection, with major complications 17717$68,080$23,448
Respiratory failure 18917$70,454$15,606
Urinary tract infection 69016$45,671$10,139
Stomach and digestive disorders 39213$52,711$9,915
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69812$61,744$20,946
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85311$177,439$60,725
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".