US Health Care Costs

Ucsf Health Saint Francis Hospital

900 Hyde St, San Francisco, CA 94109 · (415) 353-6000

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

The money

$25what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$71.9Mnet income, all sources
−40.4%margin on patient care alone
$9.9Mcost of charity care (4.4% of costs)
$4.8Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
171beds

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 87164$204,140$29,640
Heart failure, with major complications 29124$116,663$18,016
Full Thickness Burn with Skin Graft or Inhalation Injury with Cc/Mcc 92822$727,518$131,201
COPD, with major complications 19016$172,655$25,817
Pneumonia, with major complications 19315$127,875$18,767
Hip or knee replacement 47014$149,640$26,934
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64114$97,653$12,281
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06513$154,639$15,071
Lung infection, with major complications 17713$179,252$23,208
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64013$95,996$17,937
Urinary tract infection 69011$81,997$12,184
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".