US Health Care Costs

Jackson County Memorial Hospital Authority

1200 East Pecan St, Altus, OK 73521 · (580) 379-5500

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

The money

$40what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$2.5Mnet income, all sources
−6.9%margin on patient care alone
$611,312cost of charity care (1.0% of costs)
$4.4Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
49beds

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
Hip or knee replacement 47063$41,816$15,744
Sepsis, with major complications 87154$23,374$16,503
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48132$44,977$17,366
Heart failure, with major complications 29131$14,886$10,768
Urinary tract infection 69025$11,789$6,845
Pneumonia, with major complications 19322$18,948$11,101
Pneumonia, with complications 19422$12,968$7,025
COPD, with major complications 19018$14,056$9,290
Lung infection, with major complications 17715$21,187$13,974
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 52215$48,183$18,234
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64115$11,516$6,650
Kidney failure, with complications 68315$11,056$7,654
Sepsis 87214$16,425$8,616
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69811$16,781$13,725
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".