US Health Care Costs

Kentucky River Medical Center

540 Jett Drive, Jackson, KY 41339

CMS rating Not rated

The money

$14what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$471,993net income, all sources
0.4%margin on patient care alone
$36,855cost of charity care (0.4% of costs)
$836,743unpaid bills written off (bad debt)
49beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending December 2024.

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 87185$79,144$13,825
Pneumonia, with major complications 19323$64,199$9,801
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68912$54,288$8,679
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