US Health Care Costs

Knox Community Hospital

1330 Coshocton Road, Mount Vernon, OH 43050 · (740) 393-9000

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

The money

$32what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$15.6Mnet income, all sources
−22.7%margin on patient care alone
$1.1Mcost of charity care (0.6% of costs)
$18.3Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
64beds

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 87148$53,165$16,063
Respiratory failure 18945$31,743$9,895
Heart failure, with major complications 29133$29,923$10,290
Pneumonia, with major complications 19326$37,861$11,447
Lung infection, with major complications 17723$46,739$13,342
Urinary tract infection 69023$19,529$6,822
COPD, with major complications 19018$26,389$8,817
Heart stent 32218$77,206$17,224
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30917$16,780$5,928
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48116$47,836$16,439
Bowel obstruction, with complications 38915$15,929$6,346
Sepsis 87215$25,198$8,254
Stomach and digestive disorders 39213$25,760$6,231
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68912$31,418$9,347
Heart stent, with major complications or 4+ stents 32111$93,195$25,335
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence Without Rehabilitation Therapy Without Mcc 89711$12,480$6,769
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".