US Health Care Costs

Union Hospital

659 Boulevard, Dover, OH 44622 · (330) 343-3311

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

The money

$21what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$18.6Mnet income, all sources
10.0%margin on patient care alone
$3.5Mcost of charity care (3.1% of costs)
$8.1Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
77beds

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 871161$46,709$13,731
Heart failure, with major complications 29184$39,510$9,703
Pneumonia, with major complications 19343$47,584$9,315
Sepsis 87233$28,787$7,869
Respiratory failure 18930$47,814$9,761
Lung infection, with major complications 17729$41,499$11,603
Heart attack, with major complications 28017$31,251$11,036
Kidney failure, with major complications 68217$35,917$10,327
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69816$32,693$11,181
COPD, with major complications 19015$40,956$7,904
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68915$26,529$8,286
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64014$41,488$9,251
Urinary tract infection 69014$24,004$5,763
Kidney failure, with complications 68313$21,671$6,529
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85313$88,226$37,370
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 30812$41,461$8,935
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06511$24,826$7,137
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".