Adirondack Medical Center - Saranac Lake
2233 State Route 86, Po Box 471, Saranac Lake, NY 12983 · (518) 891-4141
The money
$34what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$3.1Mnet income, all sources
0.4%margin on patient care alone
$47,062cost of charity care (0.0% of costs)
$1.9Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
83beds
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)
| Stay | Medicare stays | Billed | Paid | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hip or knee replacement 470 | 178 | $42,069 | $17,594 | |
| Sepsis, with major complications 871 | 42 | $45,967 | $18,571 | |
| Respiratory failure 189 | 32 | $48,746 | $12,592 | |
| Major Joint or Limb Reattachment Procedures of Upper Extremities 483 | 20 | $63,704 | $23,177 | |
| Other Vascular Procedures with Cc 253 | 15 | $85,719 | $25,016 | |
| Heart failure, with major complications 291 | 14 | $22,750 | $12,032 | |
| Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 481 | 11 | $48,442 | $19,585 |
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