US Health Care Costs

Sutter Solano Medical Center

300 Hospital Dr, Vallejo, CA 94589 · (707) 554-5280

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

The money

$24what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$4.5Mnet income, all sources
−3.6%margin on patient care alone
$2.4Mcost of charity care (1.5% of costs)
$9.7Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
106beds

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 871210$98,629$23,617
Hip or knee replacement 47068$109,459$30,014
Heart failure, with major complications 29151$71,007$15,488
Sepsis 87240$63,891$13,141
Pneumonia, with major complications 19332$70,152$15,889
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85332$226,727$58,456
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64029$79,280$16,020
Lung infection, with major complications 17723$99,987$20,899
Fainting 31218$45,942$10,861
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60318$47,588$11,059
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 37717$108,473$20,158
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37817$52,962$12,176
Respiratory failure 18916$80,043$14,742
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06515$79,568$14,994
COPD, with major complications 19014$84,496$13,619
Infectious and Parasitic Diseases with O.r. Procedures with Cc 85414$103,102$23,588
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30913$60,651$9,244
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48112$100,436$24,137
Diabetes, with major complications 63712$96,788$17,888
Kidney failure, with major complications 68212$92,675$21,544
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Cc 19111$58,686$9,971
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64111$46,164$9,809
Kidney failure, with complications 68311$52,345$11,234
Anemia and blood disorders 81211$67,877$11,094
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