US Health Care Costs

Guthrie Cortland Regional Medical Center

134 Homer Avenue, Cortland, NY 13045 · (607) 756-3501

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

The money

$23what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$19.7Mnet income, all sources
8.7%margin on patient care alone
$738,886cost of charity care (0.6% of costs)
$1.2Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
84beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending June 2025. 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 87185$35,110$18,287
Heart failure, with major complications 29158$25,640$12,288
Pneumonia, with major complications 19338$30,831$12,280
Lung infection, with major complications 17736$44,272$15,439
Pneumonia, with complications 19436$17,923$7,799
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60332$20,144$8,167
Urinary tract infection 69025$19,112$7,630
Lung infection, with complications 17822$29,760$9,237
Sepsis 87222$24,884$9,507
Stomach and digestive disorders 39221$18,789$7,371
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68916$26,784$10,989
COPD, with major complications 19015$24,709$10,072
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69815$30,546$15,508
Diabetes, with complications 63812$18,512$8,207
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64112$15,144$7,306
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".