US Health Care Costs

Upmc McKeesport Hospital

1500 Fifth Avenue, Mc Keesport, PA 15132 · (412) 664-2000

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

The money

$13what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$16.4Mnet income, all sources
−26.9%margin on patient care alone
$3.0Mcost of charity care (2.7% of costs)
$3.9Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
123beds

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
Psychoses 88537$68,028$15,519
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence Without Rehabilitation Therapy Without Mcc 89733$52,639$8,983
Heart failure, with major complications 29125$58,382$10,603
Sepsis, with major complications 87118$75,471$15,711
Pneumonia, with major complications 19317$60,533$11,449
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60317$42,225$8,508
Lung infection, with major complications 17715$48,793$13,860
Urinary tract infection 69015$36,527$7,778
Respiratory failure 18912$38,109$11,273
Heart attack, with major complications 28012$57,496$14,469
Kidney failure, with complications 68312$66,057$9,668
Fainting 31211$46,580$8,395
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".