US Health Care Costs

Trinity Regional Medical Center

802 Kenyon Rd, Fort Dodge, IA 50501 · (515) 573-3101

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

The money

$37what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$28.4Mnet income, all sources
1.1%margin on patient care alone
$1.7Mcost of charity care (1.1% of costs)
$4.4Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
44beds

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 871151$36,778$14,526
Heart failure, with major complications 291103$29,302$9,506
Respiratory failure 18940$30,582$8,993
Heart stent 32228$55,199$13,176
Pneumonia, with major complications 19327$23,672$9,606
Heart catheterization 28727$27,546$8,507
Sepsis 87225$26,020$7,548
Lung infection, with major complications 17718$34,667$12,340
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06517$28,436$7,402
Heart catheterization, with major complications 28617$46,474$15,691
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48117$57,546$15,028
Back problems (no surgery) 55217$20,607$7,002
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64015$27,964$10,064
Kidney failure, with major complications 68215$38,024$10,905
Urinary tract infection 69015$16,370$5,893
Bowel surgery, with complications 33014$70,721$19,062
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85314$75,839$35,918
Heart attack, with major complications 28013$36,212$11,636
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30913$22,980$5,456
Irregular heartbeat 31013$13,494$4,050
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64113$20,761$5,700
Extracranial Procedures Without Cc/Mcc 03912$41,031$8,279
Heart stent, with major complications or 4+ stents 32112$89,677$22,487
Kidney failure, with complications 68312$18,291$6,539
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68912$23,311$8,498
Heart attack, with complications 28111$18,350$6,672
Fainting 31211$21,287$6,262
Stomach and digestive disorders 39211$19,557$5,745
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with major complications 48011$75,262$21,321
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 52211$54,267$15,313
Fracture or sprain (not hip or thigh) 56311$19,168$7,988
Infectious and Parasitic Diseases with O.r. Procedures with Cc 85411$55,437$14,786

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