US Health Care Costs

Community Memorial Hospital

1755 North Mecklenburg Avenue, South Hill, VA 23970 · (434) 447-3151

General hospitalGovernment - Hospital District or AuthorityEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$26what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$32.5Mnet income, all sources
6.6%margin on patient care alone
$2.3Mcost of charity care (1.8% of costs)
$9.8Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
70beds

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 871130$47,494$14,579
Heart failure, with major complications 29197$35,841$9,737
Sepsis 87238$37,692$9,303
Pneumonia, with major complications 19334$35,757$10,155
Urinary tract infection 69029$26,164$6,364
Lung infection, with major complications 17724$43,924$13,262
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06521$39,202$7,842
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68921$26,300$8,827
Kidney failure, with complications 68319$27,638$7,089
Bowel obstruction, with complications 38916$23,547$6,349
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64015$50,454$12,203
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64115$27,985$6,216
COPD, with major complications 19014$29,172$9,009
Stomach and digestive disorders 39212$24,149$6,321
Delirium and other mental confusion 88412$60,130$19,228
Pneumonia, with complications 19411$40,607$6,585
Kidney failure, with major complications 68211$39,097$11,257
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