US Health Care Costs

Claiborne Medical Center

1850 Old Knoxville Highway, Tazewell, TN 37879 · (423) 626-4211

General hospitalGovernment - LocalEmergency roomCMS rating Not rated

The money

$33what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$2.5Mnet income, all sources
−10.4%margin on patient care alone
$1.1Mcost of charity care (3.4% of costs)
$3.2Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
26beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending June 2025.

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
Sepsis, with major complications 87187$23,187$14,230
Heart failure, with major complications 29116$16,483$9,329
Pneumonia, with major complications 19311$14,008$9,070
Sepsis 87211$12,354$8,488
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