Columbia Memorial Hospital

71 Prospect Avenue, Hudson, NY 12534 · (518) 828-7601

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

The money

$35what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed

−$11.2Mnet income, all sources

−15.2%margin on patient care alone

$2.3Mcost of charity care (1.5% of costs)

$2.7Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)

192beds

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)

Stay	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Sepsis, with major complications 871	108	$37,135	$17,333
Heart failure, with major complications 291	80	$35,520	$12,031
COPD, with major complications 190	47	$33,711	$10,132
Urinary tract infection 690	46	$21,501	$7,404
Psychoses 885	34	$53,526	$16,193
Lung infection, with major complications 177	28	$41,632	$15,061
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 689	27	$43,089	$13,134
Pneumonia, with major complications 193	23	$24,107	$12,019
Sepsis 872	21	$17,549	$9,101
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 698	20	$32,947	$14,565
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 378	18	$25,781	$8,912
Pneumonia, with complications 194	16	$25,695	$7,687
Stomach and digestive disorders 392	16	$18,493	$7,184
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 481	16	$38,710	$18,064
Skin infection (cellulitis) 603	15	$19,856	$8,828
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 309	14	$23,351	$6,931
Bowel surgery, with complications 330	14	$50,797	$24,042
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 641	14	$20,015	$7,385
Hip or knee replacement 470	13	$33,727	$16,953
Fainting 312	11	$28,624	$8,088
Kidney failure, with major complications 682	11	$27,280	$12,091

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