US Health Care Costs

Hendrick Medical Center Brownwood

1501 Burnet Dr, Brownwood, TX 76801 · (325) 646-8541

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

The money

$12what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$7.8Mnet income, all sources
−7.7%margin on patient care alone
$6.0Mcost of charity care (4.9% of costs)
$27.4Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
64beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending August 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 871102$90,137$14,657
Pneumonia, with major complications 19360$62,071$10,345
Heart failure, with major complications 29148$62,862$10,107
Hip or knee replacement 47034$134,465$14,177
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68928$60,587$9,102
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37826$71,944$8,140
Sepsis 87226$60,519$8,279
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48125$129,618$15,303
Heart stent 32224$174,842$13,952
Lung infection, with major complications 17723$103,105$12,810
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint Without Cc/Mcc 48223$105,872$12,183
COPD, with major complications 19022$54,948$8,824
Heart attack, with major complications 28022$63,202$11,792
Stomach and digestive disorders 39221$54,134$6,753
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64121$50,107$6,723
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06519$58,850$8,225
Heart catheterization 28718$75,288$8,794
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 52217$133,859$15,725
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85317$159,811$35,254
Urinary tract infection 69016$53,814$6,860
Respiratory failure 18915$73,372$9,747
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64015$60,518$10,401
Kidney failure, with complications 68315$52,030$7,550
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60314$48,986$7,024
Heart attack, with complications 28112$50,852$8,936
Heart stent, with major complications or 4+ stents 32112$199,681$28,428
Stroke, with major complications 06411$82,113$14,674
Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive Without Cc/Mcc 28211$47,362$6,368
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 37711$95,345$13,179
Diabetes, with major complications 63711$85,619$10,938

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