US Health Care Costs

Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth Glenoaks

701 Winthrop Avenue, Glendale Heights, IL 60139 · (630) 545-8000

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

The money

$34what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$2.9Mnet income, all sources
−24.6%margin on patient care alone
$6.7Mcost of charity care (5.1% of costs)
$2.7Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
134beds

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
Psychoses 885184$28,063$11,163
Sepsis, with major complications 87192$55,610$17,002
Pneumonia, with major complications 19331$36,026$13,843
Heart failure, with major complications 29129$34,291$10,385
Lung infection, with major complications 17727$45,213$12,574
Respiratory failure 18918$38,010$11,884
Kidney failure, with complications 68316$25,357$7,686
COPD, with major complications 19015$29,193$8,851
Stomach and digestive disorders 39214$21,393$8,187
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69814$44,040$12,080
Kidney failure, with major complications 68213$39,012$11,441
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64012$36,600$10,028
Urinary tract infection 69012$20,986$6,595
Heart attack, with major complications 28011$51,202$11,751
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".