US Health Care Costs

Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville

900 Hospital Drive, Madisonville, KY 42431 · (270) 825-5100

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

The money

$12what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$45.7Mnet income, all sources
3.5%margin on patient care alone
$3.8Mcost of charity care (1.9% of costs)
$7.6Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
161beds

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 871157$73,028$15,000
Heart failure, with major complications 29180$58,211$9,685
Lung infection, with major complications 17753$58,776$12,694
Pneumonia, with major complications 19351$48,976$10,022
Respiratory failure 18948$43,413$9,381
Heart attack, with major complications 28038$88,351$12,632
Kidney failure, with complications 68331$39,592$6,746
Psychoses 88531$27,095$10,337
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69830$54,162$12,521
Carotid Artery Stent Procedures Without Cc/Mcc 03629$127,421$13,371
Kidney failure, with major complications 68229$64,699$11,505
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68924$52,688$8,965
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85322$225,255$35,947
Kidney and Ureter Procedures for Non-Neoplasm with Cc 66021$68,582$10,622
Heart stent, with major complications or 4+ stents 32119$219,386$21,008
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64019$47,169$10,106
Sepsis 87219$43,301$7,935
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 30817$50,280$9,175
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37816$52,611$7,533
Heart catheterization, with major complications 28615$107,508$16,477
Pneumonia, with complications 19414$38,508$6,848
Heart stent 32214$196,509$14,358
Bowel surgery, with complications 33014$104,236$18,865
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 52214$169,085$15,897
Stroke, with major complications 06413$71,920$13,862
Urinary tract infection 69013$39,277$6,822
Breathing problem needing a ventilator (up to 4 days) 20812$102,802$20,223
Bowel surgery, with major complications 32912$171,608$34,703
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 37712$83,311$13,630
Other kidney and urinary problems, with complications 69912$53,402$7,914
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06511$55,671$7,873
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48111$128,530$15,512
Hip Replacement with Principal Diagnosis of Hip Fracture with Mcc 52111$177,318$22,084
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis with Mv >96 Hours 87011$144,371$51,031

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