Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center

217 South Third Street, Danville, KY 40422 · (859) 239-1000

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

The money

$34what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed

$8.9Mnet income, all sources

−6.1%margin on patient care alone

$2.4Mcost of charity care (1.0% of costs)

$16.4Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)

157beds

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

Stay	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Sepsis, with major complications 871	131	$34,157	$12,990
Heart failure, with major complications 291	97	$28,133	$8,667
Pneumonia, with major complications 193	78	$30,644	$8,921
Lung infection, with major complications 177	53	$34,131	$10,773
Respiratory failure 189	43	$30,997	$8,605
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 689	33	$21,119	$8,043
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 481	29	$49,154	$13,923
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 378	28	$19,580	$6,995
Kidney failure, with complications 683	28	$18,412	$6,382
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 853	27	$72,010	$32,257
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 309	22	$13,623	$5,302
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 640	21	$20,735	$8,847
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 698	20	$28,431	$11,074
Breathing problem needing a ventilator (up to 4 days) 208	19	$46,432	$17,927
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 522	19	$48,569	$14,314
Urinary tract infection 690	19	$17,361	$5,751
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 065	17	$24,640	$6,758
Heart stent 322	17	$75,176	$12,363
Pneumonia, with complications 194	16	$19,200	$5,865
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 308	16	$20,693	$8,636
Kidney failure, with major complications 682	16	$23,496	$10,311
Pulmonary Embolism with Mcc or Acute Cor Pulmonale 175	15	$38,294	$9,100
Psychoses 885	15	$23,570	$9,858
COPD, with major complications 190	14	$27,611	$8,125
Bowel surgery, with major complications 329	13	$78,522	$28,467
Bowel surgery, with complications 330	13	$40,740	$15,562
Sepsis 872	13	$21,627	$7,402
Bowel obstruction, with complications 389	12	$16,353	$5,654
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 641	12	$14,449	$5,514
Heart catheterization, with major complications 286	11	$47,773	$15,661

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