US Health Care Costs

Lewisgale Hospital Pulaski

2400 Lee Highway, Pulaski, VA 24301 · (540) 994-8100

General hospitalProprietaryEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$9what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$10.0Mnet income, all sources
11.7%margin on patient care alone
$1.9Mcost of charity care (3.5% of costs)
$2.4Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
51beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending August 2025.

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 87163$58,873$17,214
Heart failure, with major complications 29121$45,846$11,447
Pneumonia, with major complications 19316$58,441$12,266
Kidney failure, with complications 68314$39,600$7,806
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64012$54,695$12,863
Respiratory failure 18911$62,506$11,708
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