US Health Care Costs

Leconte Medical Center

742 Middlecreek Road, Sevierville, TN 37862 · (865) 446-7500

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

The money

$20what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$27.1Mnet income, all sources
17.1%margin on patient care alone
$5.1Mcost of charity care (4.7% of costs)
$11.1Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
62beds

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 871128$27,212$13,479
Heart failure, with major complications 29149$25,339$9,426
Sepsis 87225$18,994$7,841
Lung infection, with major complications 17722$24,169$11,678
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37817$18,761$7,756
COPD, with major complications 19016$16,650$9,188
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06515$18,812$7,904
Pneumonia, with major complications 19315$20,365$9,920
Bowel obstruction, with complications 38915$13,027$6,445
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 52215$37,760$15,526
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85315$42,998$31,596
Respiratory failure 18914$25,599$9,285
Stomach and digestive disorders 39213$12,005$6,526
Diabetes, with major complications 63713$19,254$9,901
Urinary tract infection 69013$13,701$6,500
Stroke, with major complications 06412$24,249$12,750
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".