Central Vermont Medical Center

Box 547, Barre, VT 05641 · (802) 371-4100

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

The money

$39what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed

$59.6Mnet income, all sources

8.7%margin on patient care alone

$516,907cost of charity care (0.2% of costs)

$4.6Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)

88beds

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)

Stay	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Sepsis, with major complications 871	288	$40,595	$9,040
Heart failure, with major complications 291	84	$31,039	$6,463
Heart attack, with major complications 280	78	$32,855	$8,295
Pneumonia, with major complications 193	48	$27,411	$6,627
Sepsis 872	39	$25,442	$6,204
Psychoses 885	39	$33,030	$9,101
Lung infection, with major complications 177	31	$38,920	$11,037
Respiratory failure 189	26	$24,090	$5,128
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 481	23	$46,988	$11,914
Kidney failure, with major complications 682	23	$37,264	$8,092
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 698	22	$31,720	$7,435
Stroke, with major complications 064	21	$38,361	$11,781
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 377	21	$41,720	$8,030
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 641	21	$22,635	$3,202
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 378	20	$25,688	$4,846
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 689	20	$25,626	$5,163
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 309	18	$21,109	$2,408
Heart attack, with complications 281	17	$17,171	$5,835
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 853	17	$91,518	$33,262
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 065	16	$38,101	$3,598
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 640	16	$29,044	$8,188
Irregular heartbeat 310	15	$20,475	$2,103
Bowel obstruction, with complications 389	15	$19,266	$2,502
Skin infection (cellulitis) 603	15	$23,500	$3,968
Urinary tract infection 690	15	$21,543	$4,445
Stomach and digestive disorders, with major complications 391	14	$34,841	$6,956
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 308	13	$30,373	$9,559
Stomach and digestive disorders 392	13	$19,502	$3,257
Hip or knee replacement 470	13	$43,983	$6,416
Other circulation problems, with major complications 314	12	$32,680	$8,738
Medical Back Problems with Mcc 551	12	$39,651	$6,304
Diabetes, with major complications 637	12	$31,592	$11,240
Diabetes, with complications 638	12	$17,390	$6,665
Anemia and blood disorders, with major complications 811	12	$32,527	$8,533
Pulmonary Embolism with Mcc or Acute Cor Pulmonale 175	11	$37,309	$11,594
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 522	11	$43,451	$7,937

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