US Health Care Costs

United Medical Center

1310 Southern Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20032 · (202) 574-6000

General hospitalProprietaryEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$33what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$8.1Mnet income, all sources
−38.9%margin on patient care alone
$393,745cost of charity care (0.4% of costs)
$4.0Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
126beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending September 2024.

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 88592$19,460$12,525
Heart failure, with major complications 29168$49,512$13,018
Sepsis, with major complications 87161$86,746$21,532
COPD, with major complications 19020$68,068$12,856
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85317$126,091$42,249
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60315$38,796$8,289
Kidney failure, with major complications 68215$49,148$12,945
Urinary tract infection 69014$89,279$18,959
Respiratory failure 18913$58,045$14,407
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis with Mv >96 Hours 87013$198,623$63,658
Lung infection, with major complications 17711$46,143$14,932
Anemia and blood disorders 81211$23,159$8,492
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".