US Health Care Costs

Cannon Memorial Hospital

123 W G Acker Drive, Pickens, SC 29671 · (864) 878-4791

General hospitalVoluntary non-profit - PrivateEmergency roomCMS rating Not rated

The money

$21what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$3.4Mnet income, all sources
10.8%margin on patient care alone
$1.3Mcost of charity care (6.0% of costs)
$5.4Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
42beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending December 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
Pneumonia, with complications 19411$37,686$7,540
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".