US Health Care Costs

Atrium Health University City

8800 North Tyron Street, Charlotte, NC 28262 · (704) 548-6000

General hospitalGovernment - Hospital District or AuthorityEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$14what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$138.5Mnet income, all sources
35.8%margin on patient care alone
$10.1Mcost of charity care (4.7% of costs)
$62.0Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
114beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending December 2024.

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
Heart failure, with major complications 29170$46,034$12,020
Sepsis, with major complications 87160$74,940$17,278
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64027$56,466$12,019
Pneumonia, with major complications 19326$56,075$11,866
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64125$38,017$8,617
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37824$47,418$10,637
Urinary tract infection 69024$31,044$9,096
Pneumonia, with complications 19423$37,873$9,241
Kidney failure, with complications 68322$36,726$9,507
Lung infection, with major complications 17721$73,689$15,587
Stomach and digestive disorders 39219$39,622$8,720
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69819$67,806$14,536
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68916$54,676$12,059
Anemia and blood disorders, with major complications 81115$95,334$19,021
Anemia and blood disorders 81215$49,320$9,656
Fainting 31214$36,595$9,275
Kidney failure, with major complications 68214$64,374$13,329
Stroke, with major complications 06413$73,814$20,582
Respiratory failure 18913$43,389$11,355
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85313$141,319$31,878
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06512$53,187$10,778
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48112$102,305$17,417
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