US Health Care Costs

AdventHealth Murray

707 Old Dalton Ellijay Road, Po Box 1406, Chatsworth, GA 30705 · (706) 517-2031

General hospitalVoluntary non-profit - PrivateNo emergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$9what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$7.4Mnet income, all sources
12.7%margin on patient care alone
$2.7Mcost of charity care (11.7% of costs)
$3.9Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
29beds

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 87136$50,090$12,978
Heart failure, with major complications 29130$43,143$10,431
Pneumonia, with major complications 19313$49,499$9,857
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68913$39,135$8,495
Respiratory failure 18912$35,322$9,378
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".