US Health Care Costs

Bates County Memorial Hospital

615 W Nursery St, Butler, MO 64730 · (660) 200-7000

General hospitalGovernment - LocalEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$28what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$2.9Mnet income, all sources
−11.6%margin on patient care alone
$454,454cost of charity care (1.2% of costs)
$4.9Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
40beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending December 2024.

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
Pneumonia, with major complications 19317$29,848$14,857
Sepsis, with major complications 87112$40,327$22,049
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