US Health Care Costs

Sutter Auburn Faith Hospital

11815 Education Street, Auburn, CA 95603 · (530) 888-4500

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

The money

$23what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$7.0Mnet income, all sources
2.5%margin on patient care alone
$1.6Mcost of charity care (1.0% of costs)
$5.6Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
64beds

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 871241$76,899$20,103
Heart failure, with major complications 29186$54,507$13,333
Sepsis 87262$42,339$10,800
Pneumonia, with major complications 19338$61,694$13,379
Respiratory failure 18932$54,759$13,311
Lung infection, with major complications 17730$52,840$16,349
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64121$43,073$9,236
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30920$45,486$8,035
Stomach and digestive disorders 39220$39,221$8,542
Urinary tract infection 69020$38,652$8,501
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48119$91,423$24,174
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60319$31,706$9,312
Kidney failure, with major complications 68219$59,810$18,561
Kidney failure, with complications 68319$46,003$9,561
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06518$58,457$10,674
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85318$230,188$52,297
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69817$61,965$16,774
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64016$54,654$13,248
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 30815$44,823$12,206
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68915$35,560$11,865
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37814$44,873$10,609
Pneumonia, with complications 19413$34,426$8,977
Signs and Symptoms Without Mcc 94813$43,119$8,787
Bowel obstruction, with complications 38912$48,781$8,629
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 52212$104,325$21,595
Bowel surgery, with complications 33011$121,125$25,251
Back problems (no surgery) 55211$41,882$10,458
Diabetes, with complications 63811$42,291$9,561

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