Buchanan General Hospital
1535 Slate Creek Road, Grundy, VA 24614 · (276) 935-1000
The money
$19what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$3.7Mnet income, all sources
−15.3%margin on patient care alone
$42,491cost of charity care (0.2% of costs)
$2.9Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
111beds
From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending June 2025. 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory failure 189 | 33 | $42,127 | $11,105 | |
| Sepsis, with major complications 871 | 20 | $43,807 | $17,706 | |
| Pneumonia, with complications 194 | 19 | $31,309 | $7,417 | |
| Urinary tract infection 690 | 14 | $25,558 | $7,252 | |
| Heart failure, with major complications 291 | 11 | $31,612 | $11,524 |
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".