US Health Care Costs

Upmc Memorial

1701 Innovation Drive, York, PA 17408 · (717) 843-8623

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

The money

$18what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$56.1Mnet income, all sources
29.2%margin on patient care alone
$3.8Mcost of charity care (2.4% of costs)
$8.1Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
81beds

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 871134$65,249$14,922
Heart failure, with major complications 29180$47,781$9,141
Signs and Symptoms of Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue Without Mcc 55645$31,207$6,042
Respiratory failure 18936$55,406$11,847
Stomach and digestive disorders 39229$30,240$6,093
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37827$42,274$6,853
Sepsis 87227$42,002$8,548
Hip or knee replacement 47026$43,694$13,314
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64025$42,600$8,982
Lung infection, with major complications 17724$44,825$11,094
Pneumonia, with major complications 19324$53,397$9,872
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30924$39,307$5,532
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48123$64,234$15,857
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60323$27,557$7,333
Kidney failure, with complications 68322$26,534$6,622
Heart catheterization, with major complications 28621$74,922$15,653
Urinary tract infection 69021$28,764$6,146
Heart catheterization 28720$41,679$7,790
Bowel obstruction, with complications 38920$26,138$5,721
Diabetes, with complications 63820$30,516$7,313
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64120$26,308$5,645
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06519$48,225$7,089
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85319$139,216$33,660
Pneumonia, with complications 19416$37,446$6,694
Bowel surgery, with major complications 32916$157,828$34,993
Back problems (no surgery) 55216$32,892$6,832
Irregular heartbeat 31015$29,673$4,155
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68915$34,649$7,932
Signs and Symptoms Without Mcc 94815$32,170$6,663
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 30814$47,086$8,625
Fainting 31214$28,743$6,407
Bowel surgery, with complications 33014$89,564$18,967
Anemia and blood disorders 81214$53,726$6,619
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Cc 19113$31,537$6,925
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 37713$54,056$11,683
Lung infection, with complications 17812$32,619$6,944
COPD, with major complications 19012$63,933$10,336
Gastrointestinal Obstruction Without Cc/Mcc 39012$21,595$4,785
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 52212$67,432$14,518
Kidney failure, with major complications 68212$53,151$11,242
Degenerative nerve disorders (e.g. Parkinson's, dementia) 05711$51,543$8,634
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Mcc 39311$63,044$12,624
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69811$42,832$13,280

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