US Health Care Costs

Ucsf Health St. Mary's Hospital

450 Stanyan St, San Francisco, CA 94117 · (415) 668-1000

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

The money

$28what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$68.2Mnet income, all sources
−43.1%margin on patient care alone
$3.6Mcost of charity care (1.5% of costs)
$3.2Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
113beds

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
Sepsis, with major complications 871200$158,017$28,112
Heart failure, with major complications 29186$143,614$18,731
Hip or knee replacement 47046$132,780$26,469
Lung infection, with major complications 17744$107,017$22,824
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85333$489,667$75,399
Sepsis 87233$110,475$14,749
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64029$122,725$19,308
Heart attack, with major complications 28027$172,994$23,196
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 37727$169,257$27,551
Urinary tract infection 69025$54,551$11,995
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64122$76,482$11,854
Pneumonia, with major complications 19321$85,823$18,320
COPD, with major complications 19020$70,721$15,757
Stomach and digestive disorders 39220$61,325$11,507
Kidney failure, with major complications 68220$109,034$20,911
Kidney failure, with complications 68320$73,105$13,296
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60319$64,327$12,561
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68919$82,474$17,008
Fainting 31218$87,489$13,713
Respiratory failure 18915$91,180$17,716
Diabetes, with major complications 63715$144,277$21,495
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69815$128,750$23,835
Stomach and digestive disorders, with major complications 39114$107,105$18,850
Back problems (no surgery) 55214$81,783$14,512
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37813$94,120$14,552
Diabetes, with complications 63813$65,196$12,643
Stroke, with major complications 06411$170,872$25,852
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06511$142,380$15,518
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48111$194,521$29,595

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