Baystate Wing Hospital

40 Wright Street, Palmer, MA 01069 · (413) 283-7651

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

The money

$35what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed

−$8.5Mnet income, all sources

−5.7%margin on patient care alone

$599,730cost of charity care (0.7% of costs)

$5.5Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)

41beds

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)

Stay	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Sepsis, with major complications 871	221	$20,147	$15,338
Heart failure, with major complications 291	192	$16,086	$10,528
Sepsis 872	70	$15,917	$8,505
Respiratory failure 189	52	$21,779	$10,780
Lung infection, with major complications 177	49	$22,285	$13,722
Kidney failure, with complications 683	43	$14,449	$7,472
Pneumonia, with major complications 193	42	$18,663	$11,041
Stomach and digestive disorders 392	42	$12,706	$7,030
Skin infection (cellulitis) 603	42	$9,287	$7,406
Urinary tract infection 690	36	$10,314	$6,808
COPD, with major complications 190	34	$19,411	$9,544
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 641	31	$12,393	$6,692
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 689	30	$15,381	$9,664
Diabetes, with complications 638	24	$12,192	$8,159
Anemia and blood disorders 812	24	$13,820	$7,593
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 309	22	$14,904	$6,374
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Cc 191	20	$13,760	$7,144
Pneumonia, with complications 194	20	$14,170	$7,038
Bowel obstruction, with complications 389	20	$13,875	$6,811
Kidney failure, with major complications 682	20	$17,957	$12,959
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 065	17	$17,205	$8,163
Fainting 312	17	$12,568	$7,470
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 698	16	$19,345	$14,122
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 308	15	$15,152	$10,400
Lung infection, with complications 178	14	$13,317	$7,830
Stomach and digestive disorders, with major complications 391	13	$17,487	$11,343
Delirium and other mental confusion 884	13	$25,751	$14,236
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 640	12	$17,177	$11,280
Major Gastrointestinal Disorders and Peritoneal Infections with Cc 372	11	$21,276	$8,997

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