US Health Care Costs

Brattleboro Memorial Hospital

17 Belmont Ave, Brattleboro, VT 05301 · (802) 257-0341

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

The money

$38what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$755,566net income, all sources
−31.6%margin on patient care alone
$563,081cost of charity care (0.6% of costs)
$6.2Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
47beds

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
Heart failure, with major complications 29139$31,979$8,367
Sepsis, with major complications 87138$32,478$11,151
Sepsis 87233$28,958$7,553
Pneumonia, with major complications 19329$34,801$8,221
Lung infection, with major complications 17724$33,747$12,901
Urinary tract infection 69024$22,793$5,258
Hip or knee replacement 47019$34,509$19,422
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60316$22,956$6,403
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30914$18,329$5,231
Lung infection, with complications 17813$29,665$9,539
Kidney failure, with complications 68311$28,757$8,268
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".