US Health Care Costs

Baptist Medical Center East

400 Taylor Road, Montgomery, AL 36117 · (334) 244-8330

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

The money

$28what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$11.4Mnet income, all sources
−7.5%margin on patient care alone
$2.3Mcost of charity care (1.2% of costs)
$21.6Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
221beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending June 2025.

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 291119$27,359$9,532
Sepsis, with major complications 87191$56,112$14,775
Pneumonia, with major complications 19364$30,083$9,422
Lung infection, with major complications 17746$45,258$13,425
Heart attack, with major complications 28035$29,911$10,821
Kidney failure, with major complications 68230$39,577$10,428
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37826$25,096$8,125
COPD, with major complications 19024$36,258$8,168
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures Without Cc/Mcc 33124$44,082$11,984
Anemia and blood disorders 81223$21,452$11,591
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68922$24,764$8,185
Urinary tract infection 69022$18,794$6,187
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69822$47,418$13,054
Kidney failure, with complications 68320$20,274$7,080
Bowel surgery, with complications 33016$61,277$17,281
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 37716$38,022$12,079
Sepsis 87216$27,943$8,613
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 30815$35,142$9,071
Stomach and digestive disorders 39215$22,448$6,539
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60314$29,227$7,807
Stomach and digestive disorders, with major complications 39113$41,242$9,533
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64013$36,407$10,132
Pneumonia, with complications 19412$22,177$7,074
Other digestive problems, with complications 39412$31,057$7,054
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06511$25,229$7,513
Interstitial Lung Disease with Mcc 19611$46,589$16,586
Diabetes, with complications 63811$19,177$6,842

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