US Health Care Costs

Upmc Northwest

100 Fairfield Drive, Seneca, PA 16346 · (814) 676-7600

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

The money

$17what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$7.0Mnet income, all sources
−9.0%margin on patient care alone
$2.1Mcost of charity care (1.6% of costs)
$4.6Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
138beds

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
Heart failure, with major complications 29179$28,829$8,923
Sepsis, with major complications 87168$48,653$13,002
Pneumonia, with major complications 19344$41,918$9,265
Lung infection, with major complications 17736$42,441$11,167
Urinary tract infection 69031$19,464$5,790
Kidney failure, with complications 68330$22,707$6,457
Pneumonia, with complications 19425$25,050$5,986
Respiratory failure 18923$32,789$8,692
Stomach and digestive disorders 39221$20,159$5,510
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30919$24,678$5,344
Lung infection, with complications 17818$29,277$7,055
Sepsis 87218$25,888$7,250
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64116$22,118$5,670
Kidney failure, with major complications 68216$32,156$9,944
Psychoses 88516$46,445$12,972
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06515$34,521$7,107
Heart attack, with major complications 28015$32,749$10,869
COPD, with major complications 19013$29,955$7,790
Fainting 31213$21,962$6,269
Back problems (no surgery) 55212$20,606$6,931
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60312$20,704$6,320
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68912$28,341$8,278
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