US Health Care Costs

Willamette Valley Medical Center

2700 SE Stratus Ave., McMinnville, OR 97128 · (503) 472-6131

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

The money

$18what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$10.8Mnet income, all sources
−16.9%margin on patient care alone
$864,327cost of charity care (1.0% of costs)
$4.8Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
50beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending December 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 87159$48,017$16,090
Heart failure, with major complications 29136$37,811$10,376
Sepsis 87224$40,451$8,490
Pneumonia, with major complications 19322$37,703$10,773
Lung infection, with major complications 17717$41,988$14,318
Heart attack, with major complications 28015$47,720$13,330
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 52214$106,263$17,178
COPD, with major complications 19013$41,392$9,773
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64113$34,226$6,377
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37812$48,613$8,227
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".