US Health Care Costs

Vista Medical Center East

1324 North Sheridan Road, Waukegan, IL 60085 · (847) 360-3000

General hospitalProprietaryEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$15what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$38.3Mnet income, all sources
−39.5%margin on patient care alone
$1.4Mcost of charity care (1.4% of costs)
$261,696unpaid bills written off (bad debt)
166beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending November 2024.

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 871119$108,281$15,138
Respiratory failure 18945$72,194$9,791
Pneumonia, with major complications 19341$81,834$10,124
Heart failure, with major complications 29138$73,070$9,695
Urinary tract infection 69028$49,224$6,697
Lung infection, with major complications 17727$88,581$12,965
Kidney failure, with major complications 68226$96,596$10,604
Kidney failure, with complications 68326$55,450$7,290
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85320$252,803$37,158
Stroke, with major complications 06418$94,776$14,031
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69817$73,720$11,691
Sepsis 87216$60,481$8,092
Heart attack, with major complications 28013$86,731$11,768
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06512$65,908$8,174
Stomach and digestive disorders 39212$51,646$6,464
Chest pain 31311$39,393$5,953
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 37711$80,704$13,089
Anemia and blood disorders 81211$45,694$7,442
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