US Health Care Costs

Davis Medical Center

812 Gorman Avenue, Elkins, WV 26241 · (304) 636-3300

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

The money

$36what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$22.4Mnet income, all sources
1.4%margin on patient care alone
$856,801cost of charity care (0.9% of costs)
$835,332unpaid bills written off (bad debt)
90beds

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)

StayMedicare staysBilledPaid
Sepsis, with major complications 87183$27,166$15,211
Heart failure, with major complications 29145$17,112$9,914
Pneumonia, with major complications 19326$19,649$10,066
Heart attack, with major complications 28020$20,118$12,172
Respiratory failure 18919$15,494$9,279
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37818$17,650$7,423
Sepsis 87218$13,801$7,817
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 52215$63,177$19,770
Lung infection, with major complications 17714$18,973$12,699
Lung infection, with complications 17814$13,353$7,415
Heart attack, with complications 28113$12,368$6,935
Irregular heartbeat 31012$12,141$4,703
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48112$54,405$17,466
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64112$14,644$6,185
Stomach and digestive disorders 39211$10,979$6,075
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68911$13,465$8,796
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".