US Health Care Costs

Bolivar Medical Center

901 E Sunflower Rd, Cleveland, MS 38732 · (662) 846-0061

General hospitalProprietaryEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$11what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$2.4Mnet income, all sources
2.9%margin on patient care alone
$1.2Mcost of charity care (2.9% of costs)
$7.8Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
152beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending March 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
Sepsis, with major complications 87195$87,001$14,348
Heart failure, with major complications 29137$61,911$9,773
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68931$41,498$8,432
Urinary tract infection 69031$49,008$6,268
Pneumonia, with major complications 19325$84,303$10,058
Lung infection, with major complications 17724$109,599$11,919
COPD, with major complications 19024$69,712$8,481
Kidney failure, with major complications 68219$58,038$11,115
Kidney failure, with complications 68319$40,467$7,382
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64118$40,108$6,064
Pneumonia, with complications 19417$56,424$6,492
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64015$40,721$9,667
Sepsis 87212$51,173$7,768
Mini-stroke (TIA) 06911$44,015$6,312
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37811$51,558$7,273
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