US Health Care Costs

AdventHealth Central Texas

2201 S Clear Creek Road, Killeen, TX 76542 · (254) 526-7523

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

The money

$17what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$11.6Mnet income, all sources
1.3%margin on patient care alone
$12.8Mcost of charity care (8.9% of costs)
$10.0Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
208beds

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 871131$55,047$14,792
Heart failure, with major complications 291109$35,845$10,465
Pneumonia, with major complications 19370$38,511$10,636
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64040$27,153$10,748
COPD, with major complications 19034$30,814$8,647
Heart attack, with major complications 28032$45,607$11,935
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68930$32,851$9,656
Psychoses 88529$28,664$11,342
Lung infection, with major complications 17727$46,738$13,007
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37823$34,067$8,588
Stomach and digestive disorders 39223$34,503$7,232
Kidney failure, with major complications 68222$39,248$12,314
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06521$39,300$8,514
Respiratory failure 18921$30,708$10,329
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30921$29,716$6,813
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69820$41,717$11,753
Heart attack, with complications 28119$39,765$8,021
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 37719$53,018$14,108
Kidney failure, with complications 68319$26,917$7,937
Urinary tract infection 69018$27,160$7,239
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64116$32,456$7,185
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60315$23,299$7,874
Diabetes, with major complications 63713$34,688$11,474
Anemia and blood disorders, with major complications 81113$48,325$11,976
Stroke, with major complications 06412$59,431$15,020
Pneumonia, with complications 19412$24,114$7,304
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 30812$56,664$11,990
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48112$104,841$15,591
Sepsis 87212$33,814$9,937
Mini-stroke (TIA) 06911$37,075$7,514
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs with Mcc 91711$46,218$12,127

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