US Health Care Costs

Burke Medical Center

351 South Liberty Street, Waynesboro, GA 30830 · (706) 554-4435

General hospitalProprietaryNo emergency roomCMS rating Not rated

The money

$9what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$75.6Mnet income, all sources
$2.1Mcost of charity care (3.4% of costs)
$3.6Munpaid 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
Spinal fusion (lower or mid back) 46018$305,888$37,032
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement Without Cc/Mcc 46815$185,104$25,907
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion Without Cc/Mcc 45514$362,604$46,883
Single Level Spinal Fusion Except Cervical Without Mcc 45111$329,943$31,908
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