Hill Country Memorial Hospital

1020 South State Highway 16, Fredericksburg, TX 78624 · (830) 997-4353

General hospitalProprietaryEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$9what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed

$15.4Mnet income, all sources

15.7%margin on patient care alone

$4.6Mcost of charity care (6.4% of costs)

$1.8Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)

57beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending March 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)

Stay	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Sepsis, with major complications 871	127	$80,633	$18,806
Sepsis 872	44	$67,103	$10,897
Heart failure, with major complications 291	26	$63,496	$11,746
Lung infection, with major complications 177	23	$60,928	$13,357
Pneumonia, with major complications 193	22	$82,683	$14,760
COPD, with major complications 190	18	$81,000	$14,102
Bowel surgery, with complications 330	16	$107,459	$25,731
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 481	16	$94,806	$19,007
Skin infection (cellulitis) 603	15	$37,856	$8,478
Pneumonia, with complications 194	14	$57,474	$8,211
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint Without Cc/Mcc 482	14	$76,178	$17,292
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 522	13	$105,600	$24,196
Urinary tract infection 690	13	$52,712	$8,278
Infectious and Parasitic Diseases with O.r. Procedures with Cc 854	13	$118,510	$23,896
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 065	12	$59,621	$10,072
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 378	11	$53,117	$9,279
Stomach and digestive disorders 392	11	$32,235	$7,827

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