US Health Care Costs

Fayette Medical Center

1653 Temple Avenue North, Fayette, AL 35555 · (205) 932-5966

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

The money

$35what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$2.0Mnet income, all sources
−15.7%margin on patient care alone
$2.0Mcost of charity care (6.7% of costs)
$836,946unpaid bills written off (bad debt)
34beds

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 87119$21,969$16,051
Pneumonia, with major complications 19318$25,979$12,822
Heart failure, with major complications 29117$15,341$11,353
Pneumonia, with complications 19411$14,131$7,895
Cash and insurer prices for this hospital haven't been added yet. The hospital publishes them on its own price page.