US Health Care Costs

Wilcox Memorial Hospital

3-3420 Kuhio Highway, Lihue, HI 96766 · (808) 245-1100

General hospitalGovernment - FederalEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$28what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$15.7Mnet income, all sources
−9.1%margin on patient care alone
$1.1Mcost of charity care (0.9% of costs)
$2.9Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
72beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending June 2025.

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 87146$54,739$25,913
Heart failure, with major complications 29132$30,713$17,834
Pneumonia, with major complications 19327$40,573$16,488
Lung infection, with major complications 17724$50,361$20,977
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60317$29,269$11,015
Stroke, with major complications 06415$60,021$24,830
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48115$64,507$27,198
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37813$30,027$13,044
Kidney failure, with major complications 68212$33,867$18,618
Cash and insurer prices for this hospital haven't been added yet. Every US hospital must publish them; search the hospital's website for "price transparency" or "standard charges".