US Health Care Costs

Jennie Stuart Medical Center

320 West 18th Street, Hopkinsville, KY 42241 · (270) 887-0100

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

The money

$23what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$2.8Mnet income, all sources
0.4%margin on patient care alone
$2.4Mcost of charity care (1.5% of costs)
$18.6Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
106beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending December 2024. 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 87193$50,555$13,682
Heart failure, with major complications 29156$39,140$9,424
Respiratory failure 18934$33,209$8,564
Pneumonia, with major complications 19325$35,891$9,175
Lung infection, with major complications 17723$46,043$11,579
Sepsis 87222$29,505$7,189
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64120$21,087$5,429
Urinary tract infection 69020$24,158$5,618
Hip or knee replacement 47018$63,531$14,896
Kidney failure, with complications 68318$19,536$6,237
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69817$38,778$11,459
Bowel obstruction, with complications 38915$27,465$5,573
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 52214$66,138$14,628
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68914$34,155$8,129
COPD, with major complications 19013$21,707$8,458
Pneumonia, with complications 19412$26,816$5,712
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48112$58,172$14,376
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64012$27,741$9,179
Anemia and blood disorders 81211$22,609$6,281
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".