US Health Care Costs

Alamance Regional Medical Center

1240 Huffman Mill Rd, Burlington, NC 27216 · (336) 538-7000

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

The money

$26what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$47.0Mnet income, all sources
11.9%margin on patient care alone
$8.0Mcost of charity care (2.9% of costs)
$32.6Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
176beds

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 871192$39,474$15,174
Heart failure, with major complications 291114$29,559$10,905
Lung infection, with major complications 17744$30,464$13,045
Pneumonia, with major complications 19340$30,868$10,939
Sepsis 87240$23,432$9,018
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06532$29,832$8,790
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37831$30,432$10,119
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 37727$44,889$14,374
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48127$55,348$15,741
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85327$101,311$37,536
Respiratory failure 18926$37,743$10,735
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64025$27,377$10,262
Heart attack, with major complications 28023$47,759$12,634
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68923$26,535$9,679
Kidney failure, with major complications 68222$36,275$12,136
Stomach and digestive disorders 39221$24,163$8,087
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60321$19,531$7,985
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64119$19,732$7,073
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30918$17,381$6,799
Urinary tract infection 69018$26,602$7,127
Other Factors Influencing Health Status 95118$14,801$5,691
Stroke, with major complications 06417$33,089$15,140
Heart attack, with complications 28117$30,485$7,973
Bowel obstruction, with complications 38916$36,842$10,325
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69816$38,849$12,933
COPD, with major complications 19015$33,357$9,616
Lung infection, with complications 17814$21,400$8,468
Heart catheterization, with major complications 28614$65,372$19,072
Diabetes, with complications 63814$22,473$10,501
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 52213$63,519$16,349
Fracture or sprain (not hip or thigh) 56313$18,699$7,764
Kidney failure, with complications 68313$22,823$8,076
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 30812$51,515$11,205
Fainting 31212$24,204$7,270
Pneumonia, with complications 19411$20,402$7,368
Heart stent 32211$77,004$16,240

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