US Health Care Costs

West Kendall Baptist Hospital

9555 SW 162 Ave, Miami, FL 33196 · (786) 467-2000

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

The money

$14what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$136.8Mnet income, all sources
26.9%margin on patient care alone
$8.6Mcost of charity care (2.6% of costs)
$96.8Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
166beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending September 2024. 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 871194$125,952$18,904
Heart failure, with major complications 291105$90,206$12,657
Pneumonia, with major complications 19390$88,802$13,001
Lung infection, with major complications 17762$114,326$15,681
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68946$71,000$10,914
Respiratory failure 18944$100,980$12,736
Stomach and digestive disorders 39239$59,966$8,808
Kidney failure, with major complications 68239$94,114$13,304
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85327$259,108$40,937
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64025$73,624$12,133
Bowel obstruction, with complications 38924$46,612$8,365
Urinary tract infection 69024$75,851$8,076
Pneumonia, with complications 19423$50,041$8,582
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37823$74,622$8,986
Kidney failure, with complications 68323$78,320$15,987
Bronchitis and Asthma with Cc/Mcc 20222$67,002$9,834
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48122$156,764$18,685
Sepsis 87221$66,143$10,187
Stroke, with major complications 06419$110,288$16,707
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69816$103,444$16,219
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60315$51,134$9,519
Lung infection, with complications 17814$68,815$13,249
Stomach and digestive disorders, with major complications 39113$84,025$12,633
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Mcc 39313$76,024$15,286
Other digestive problems, with complications 39413$53,521$9,954
Anemia and blood disorders 81212$54,177$8,977
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 37711$106,239$16,789
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Mcc 38811$80,747$13,509
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Without C.d.e. with Cc 41811$125,470$14,125

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