Dekalb Regional Medical Center
200 Med Center Drive, Fort Payne, AL 35968 · (256) 845-3150
The money
$11what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$6.2Mnet income, all sources
−33.0%margin on patient care alone
$272,238cost of charity care (0.6% of costs)
$8.5Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
91beds
From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending December 2024.
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 | 67 | $55,628 | $14,110 | |
| Heart failure, with major complications 291 | 35 | $57,933 | $9,596 | |
| Hip or knee replacement 470 | 25 | $170,252 | $14,305 | |
| Degenerative nerve disorders (e.g. Parkinson's, dementia) 057 | 21 | $59,598 | $10,031 | |
| Urinary tract infection, with major complications 689 | 18 | $33,547 | $8,718 | |
| Pneumonia, with major complications 193 | 16 | $52,226 | $9,791 | |
| Diabetes, with major complications 637 | 16 | $33,077 | $10,594 | |
| Lung infection, with major complications 177 | 14 | $46,755 | $12,159 | |
| Psychoses 885 | 14 | $84,090 | $11,038 | |
| Kidney failure, with major complications 682 | 13 | $36,950 | $10,771 | |
| Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 378 | 12 | $49,936 | $7,558 | |
| Sepsis 872 | 12 | $42,442 | $7,765 | |
| Hip replacement after a hip fracture 522 | 11 | $181,163 | $15,131 |
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