Upmc St Margaret

815 Freeport Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15215 · (412) 784-4000

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

The money

$11what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed

−$26.6Mnet income, all sources

−15.4%margin on patient care alone

$2.7Mcost of charity care (1.2% of costs)

$7.2Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)

170beds

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)

Stay	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Heart failure, with major complications 291	93	$54,362	$10,486
Sepsis, with major complications 871	69	$86,652	$15,480
Hip or knee replacement 470	51	$105,859	$14,809
Lung infection, with major complications 177	47	$72,493	$13,564
Stomach and digestive disorders 392	41	$34,645	$6,973
Urinary tract infection 690	29	$41,134	$6,516
Respiratory failure 189	27	$51,986	$10,903
Pneumonia, with major complications 193	27	$67,357	$10,502
Spinal fusion (lower or mid back) 460	27	$191,233	$27,788
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 641	26	$42,940	$7,000
Kidney failure, with complications 683	25	$45,667	$7,999
Skin infection (cellulitis) 603	24	$33,346	$7,293
Kidney failure, with major complications 682	22	$67,554	$10,705
Pneumonia, with complications 194	20	$51,143	$7,316
Back problems (no surgery) 552	20	$37,633	$7,648
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement with Cc 467	19	$127,838	$23,658
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 853	18	$298,717	$45,477
Lung infection, with complications 178	17	$42,302	$8,076
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 377	17	$103,529	$16,263
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 481	17	$104,349	$16,675
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 378	16	$60,204	$8,564
Sepsis 872	16	$55,986	$7,987
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 308	15	$46,274	$10,590
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 640	15	$44,762	$10,923
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 309	13	$33,454	$6,294
Bone Diseases and Arthropathies Without Mcc 554	13	$37,603	$7,074
Fracture or sprain (not hip or thigh) 563	13	$34,646	$7,155
Fainting 312	12	$45,449	$7,299
Stomach and digestive disorders, with major complications 391	12	$113,762	$15,969
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement Without Cc/Mcc 468	12	$118,179	$19,102
Amputation of Lower Limb for Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Disorders with Cc 617	11	$92,098	$16,446
Diabetes, with major complications 637	11	$91,192	$12,655
Diabetes, with complications 638	11	$58,109	$8,096
Kidney and Ureter Procedures for Non-Neoplasm with Cc 660	11	$74,712	$12,321

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