But its public hospitals serve fewer patients and spend much less.

The patient must pay the set price no matter how little or how much the hospital has spent.

Under current rules, a hospital that needs a consultant for a project can spend only $15,000 without outside approval.

So far, the hospital has spent more than $300,000 to make these changes and to train employees.

In the early 1980s the hospital spent over $100,000,000 (Project 2000) to add to and renovate the original building.

How much did the hospital spend on such care?

It predicts that hospitals could spend $5 billion in new construction over the next five years.

The hospital has spent $1.5 million since 1980 to support a community group that organized loans and helped residents buy the houses, he said.

The hospital also spent about $40,000 in its search for a new doctor.

About a dozen other major hospitals are spending $5 million to create their own health maintenance organization.