US Health Care Costs

Delta Health System - the Medical Center

1400 E Union St, Greenville, MS 38701 · (662) 378-3783

General hospitalGovernment - LocalEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$27what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$12.6Mnet income, all sources
−5.0%margin on patient care alone
$2.7Mcost of charity care (2.7% of costs)
$13.6Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
101beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending September 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)

StayMedicare staysBilledPaid
Sepsis, with major complications 87170$52,870$17,575
Heart failure, with major complications 29135$28,039$10,730
Pneumonia, with major complications 19325$32,534$11,112
Urinary tract infection 69025$20,856$7,221
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64023$23,177$11,191
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68923$32,226$10,443
Pneumonia, with complications 19421$32,388$7,414
Kidney failure, with major complications 68216$58,699$12,150
Heart attack, with major complications 28014$45,776$12,295
Diabetes, with complications 63814$27,399$8,247
Anemia and blood disorders 81214$27,146$8,015
Lung infection, with major complications 17713$50,870$14,114
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37813$33,352$8,348
Kidney failure, with complications 68313$25,373$7,963
Sepsis 87212$39,620$9,009
Heart stent 32211$79,442$13,487
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48111$45,089$16,905
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64111$23,667$7,104
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