US Health Care Costs

Fort Loudoun Medical Center

550 Fort Loudon Medical Center Dr, Lenoir City, TN 37772 · (865) 271-6000

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

The money

$23what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$5.2Mnet income, all sources
9.6%margin on patient care alone
$1.6Mcost of charity care (4.3% of costs)
$4.0Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
30beds

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 87184$28,121$14,178
Heart failure, with major complications 29133$17,515$9,278
Lung infection, with major complications 17723$22,900$12,206
Pneumonia, with major complications 19319$19,248$9,533
Sepsis 87214$14,596$7,512
Respiratory failure 18912$21,230$8,869
Stomach and digestive disorders 39212$14,967$5,960
COPD, with major complications 19011$21,910$8,000
Pneumonia, with complications 19411$16,186$6,052
Kidney failure, with complications 68311$12,742$6,620
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".