US Health Care Costs

Baptist Health Corbin

One Trillium Way, Corbin, KY 40701 · (606) 528-1212

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

The money

$10what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$66.3Mnet income, all sources
5.7%margin on patient care alone
$3.4Mcost of charity care (1.6% of costs)
$21.8Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
205beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending August 2025. 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 871187$60,913$13,282
Psychoses 88573$26,382$9,554
Lung infection, with major complications 17749$62,350$11,382
Heart attack, with major complications 28046$59,193$10,862
Heart failure, with major complications 29146$46,681$8,885
Pneumonia, with major complications 19343$49,841$9,091
Sepsis 87232$40,737$7,909
Respiratory failure 18926$48,181$8,627
COPD, with major complications 19026$45,805$7,880
Heart attack, with complications 28125$48,533$6,996
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68923$52,419$8,114
Kidney failure, with complications 68321$38,268$6,189
Urinary tract infection 69021$36,528$5,716
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64120$38,255$5,575
Kidney failure, with major complications 68219$46,113$9,686
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30918$30,537$5,561
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64017$49,102$9,298
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85316$235,731$38,594
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence Without Rehabilitation Therapy Without Mcc 89716$19,991$6,136
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 30815$47,995$8,504
Heart stent 32215$182,716$12,855
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69815$72,765$10,623
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06513$49,342$7,293
Heart stent, with major complications or 4+ stents 32113$202,310$23,886
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37812$33,935$6,989
Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive Without Cc/Mcc 28211$51,084$5,123
Heart catheterization 28711$69,031$7,577
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48111$110,300$14,205

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