US Health Care Costs

University Hospitals Portage Medical Center

6847 N Chestnut, Ravenna, OH 44266 · (330) 297-2300

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

The money

$20what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$2.2Mnet income, all sources
−7.1%margin on patient care alone
$9.4Mcost of charity care (6.3% of costs)
$1.4Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
99beds

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 871135$48,420$12,994
Heart failure, with major complications 29168$35,314$8,954
Lung infection, with major complications 17745$46,421$11,126
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68931$34,801$7,985
Pneumonia, with major complications 19330$29,936$8,524
Heart attack, with major complications 28029$46,922$11,190
Kidney failure, with complications 68326$24,359$6,284
Sepsis 87225$30,579$7,074
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64023$32,363$8,846
Urinary tract infection 69022$23,651$5,781
Kidney failure, with major complications 68220$34,913$9,788
Heart catheterization 28719$44,190$7,570
Heart stent 32219$84,721$11,780
Stroke, with major complications 06418$49,919$12,854
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30918$26,179$5,615
Stomach and digestive disorders 39218$20,863$5,672
COPD, with major complications 19017$28,385$8,439
Fainting 31216$25,799$6,178
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37816$29,970$7,199
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 30814$40,032$7,898
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06513$33,047$6,748
Heart catheterization, with major complications 28613$68,353$14,219
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85313$104,229$29,412
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 52212$67,222$13,914
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60312$22,178$5,951
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69812$35,746$11,279
Other kidney and urinary problems, with complications 69912$22,356$7,195
Lung infection, with complications 17811$29,935$7,074
Respiratory failure 18911$26,808$8,162
Stomach and digestive disorders, with major complications 39111$33,276$9,603
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48111$56,271$13,564
Diabetes, with complications 63811$27,220$6,276

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