US Health Care Costs

Truman Medical Center Hospital Hill

2301 Holmes Street, Kansas City, MO 64108 · (816) 404-1000

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

The money

$49what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$34.5Mnet income, all sources
−3.1%margin on patient care alone
$35.8Mcost of charity care (6.7% of costs)
$32.0Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
262beds

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
Psychoses 88569$33,647$30,741
Heart failure, with major complications 29132$22,468$25,096
Sepsis, with major complications 87131$43,864$29,810
Anemia and blood disorders 81223$16,163$22,604
Pneumonia, with major complications 19322$26,587$23,932
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64019$22,715$25,033
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence Without Rehabilitation Therapy Without Mcc 89712$14,835$21,746
COPD, with major complications 19011$14,764$24,044
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".