US Health Care Costs

Highland Community Hospital

130 Highland Pkwy, Picayune, MS 39466 · (601) 358-9400

General hospitalGovernment - LocalEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$28what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$1.4Mnet income, all sources
−8.8%margin on patient care alone
$3.3Mcost of charity care (6.6% of costs)
$6.0Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
49beds

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 87155$39,125$10,874
Heart failure, with major complications 29133$25,722$7,557
Lung infection, with major complications 17725$37,836$9,816
Respiratory failure 18915$30,541$7,662
Pneumonia, with major complications 19314$34,625$7,898
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68914$26,663$7,021
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