US Health Care Costs

Johnston Memorial Hospital

16000 Johnston Memorial Drive, Abingdon, VA 24211 · (276) 258-1000

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

The money

$16what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$24.2Mnet income, all sources
3.7%margin on patient care alone
$2.9Mcost of charity care (2.3% of costs)
$6.5Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
102beds

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
Sepsis, with major complications 871197$52,589$16,413
Heart failure, with major complications 29173$35,260$11,593
Pneumonia, with major complications 19368$36,778$11,792
Kidney failure, with complications 68345$25,264$8,481
Lung infection, with major complications 17744$50,855$14,052
Kidney failure, with major complications 68239$49,659$13,188
Heart attack, with major complications 28033$53,206$13,199
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64030$39,650$11,571
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68930$32,509$10,368
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64129$20,802$6,917
Sepsis 87228$32,415$10,044
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37824$30,623$8,530
Stomach and digestive disorders 39224$21,776$7,306
Urinary tract infection 69024$24,881$7,227
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 52222$101,378$17,581
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69821$58,298$15,063
Heart attack, with complications 28120$27,587$7,706
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 30820$36,315$10,206
Heart stent 32220$84,330$15,147
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48120$82,091$17,470
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30918$30,315$7,087
Bowel obstruction, with complications 38917$20,364$7,329
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06516$37,335$8,702
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 37716$38,916$13,508
Respiratory failure 18915$31,236$12,223
COPD, with major complications 19015$38,962$12,097
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85315$150,975$41,471
Pneumonia, with complications 19414$31,674$8,110
Breathing problem needing a ventilator (up to 4 days) 20813$100,151$22,846
Pulmonary Embolism with Mcc or Acute Cor Pulmonale 17511$30,209$11,292
Bowel surgery, with major complications 32911$127,973$30,553

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