US Health Care Costs

Baptist Medical Center - Nassau

1250 S 18th St, Fernandina Beach, FL 32034 · (904) 321-3500

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

The money

$14what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$17.0Mnet income, all sources
12.7%margin on patient care alone
$8.0Mcost of charity care (10.8% of costs)
$108,658unpaid bills written off (bad debt)
54beds

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 871152$72,407$14,246
Heart failure, with major complications 29194$49,672$9,455
Sepsis 87244$49,376$7,714
Stomach and digestive disorders 39241$40,385$6,370
Pneumonia, with major complications 19340$54,219$9,949
Lung infection, with major complications 17732$57,333$11,812
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30928$34,634$6,039
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64128$34,788$6,393
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68928$46,384$8,592
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37824$50,519$9,318
Urinary tract infection 69024$48,005$10,153
Kidney failure, with complications 68323$43,111$6,799
Fainting 31221$37,174$7,230
Pneumonia, with complications 19419$41,922$6,601
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 30819$44,425$9,327
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69819$58,310$11,414
Respiratory failure 18918$55,906$11,255
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60317$39,581$6,961
Heart attack, with major complications 28016$63,396$12,543
Bowel surgery, with complications 33016$145,573$19,703
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85316$123,420$35,847
COPD, with major complications 19015$50,458$8,565
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64015$42,298$10,561
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06514$44,463$7,821
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48113$80,835$15,421
Irregular heartbeat 31012$33,165$4,439
Bowel surgery, with major complications 32911$161,119$29,071

Cash and insurer prices for this hospital haven't been added yet. Every US hospital must publish them; search the hospital's website for "price transparency" or "standard charges".