US Health Care Costs

Baptist Memorial Hospital-Crittenden, Inc

2100 North Seventh Street, West Memphis, AR 72301 · (870) 394-7800

General hospitalVoluntary non-profit - PrivateEmergency roomCMS rating Not rated

The money

$10what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$3.4Mnet income, all sources
10.7%margin on patient care alone
$2.7Mcost of charity care (11.6% of costs)
$3.2Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
11beds

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 87115$40,399$11,603
Heart failure, with major complications 29114$23,825$8,945
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".