US Health Care Costs

Highpoint Health-Sumner with Ascension Saint Thoma

555 Hartsville Pike, Gallatin, TN 37066 · (615) 328-8888

General hospitalProprietaryEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$9what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$7.2Mnet income, all sources
1.5%margin on patient care alone
$4.6Mcost of charity care (3.6% of costs)
$18.1Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
138beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending April 2025.

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 871231$95,376$13,391
Heart failure, with major complications 29188$73,602$9,704
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68951$52,929$8,171
Sepsis 87248$50,626$7,402
Pneumonia, with major complications 19345$67,557$9,822
COPD, with major complications 19044$78,101$8,544
Urinary tract infection 69044$40,992$6,013
Fainting 31238$46,201$6,536
Stomach and digestive disorders 39233$38,528$6,170
Heart attack, with major complications 28032$87,510$10,841
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64132$40,251$5,856
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37826$53,551$7,279
Back problems (no surgery) 55225$48,033$6,907
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64025$52,110$9,337
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30923$39,324$5,589
Chest pain 31323$37,957$5,536
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85323$192,525$33,872
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69822$75,792$10,282
High blood pressure 30521$33,725$5,874
Stroke, with major complications 06419$94,995$13,083
Lung infection, with major complications 17719$80,790$11,510
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 37719$84,550$12,087
Kidney failure, with major complications 68219$77,413$10,224
Signs and Symptoms Without Mcc 94819$40,751$5,874
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48116$93,602$13,671
Fracture or sprain (not hip or thigh) 56316$36,290$6,612
Respiratory failure 18915$60,915$9,243
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60315$40,604$6,600
Diabetes, with major complications 63715$48,202$10,062
Diabetes, with complications 63814$47,573$6,697
Kidney failure, with complications 68314$38,981$6,608
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Cc 19113$49,514$6,461
Heart attack, with complications 28113$46,087$7,113
Heart catheterization 28713$61,707$10,621
Infectious and Parasitic Diseases with O.r. Procedures with Cc 85413$125,060$21,417
Heart catheterization, with major complications 28612$120,534$14,324
Heart stent 32212$131,027$19,797
Stomach and digestive disorders, with major complications 39112$64,313$9,052
Anemia and blood disorders 81212$36,012$6,620
Pulmonary Embolism with Mcc or Acute Cor Pulmonale 17511$115,473$9,394
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 52211$130,773$14,191
Fractures of Hip and Pelvis Without Mcc 53611$35,166$5,732

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