US Health Care Costs

Commonspirit-Memorial Hospital-North Georgia

4710 Battlefield Parkway, Ringgold, GA 30736 · (770) 874-5400

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

The money

$14what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$2.5Mnet income, all sources
−11.8%margin on patient care alone
$1.8Mcost of charity care (7.5% of costs)
$3.9Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
35beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending June 2025. 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
Sepsis, with major complications 87121$25,542$14,175
Heart failure, with major complications 29120$20,630$10,033
Pneumonia, with major complications 19314$27,678$10,787
Respiratory failure 18911$28,116$10,456
Urinary tract infection 69011$21,454$7,726
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".