US Health Care Costs

Lonesome Pine Hospital

1990 Holton Avenue East, Big Stone Gap, VA 24219 · (276) 523-3111

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

The money

$13what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$29.7Mnet income, all sources
10.6%margin on patient care alone
$1.7Mcost of charity care (1.4% of costs)
$4.7Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
49beds

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 871136$43,906$20,826
Heart failure, with major complications 29136$29,036$13,991
Pneumonia, with major complications 19333$36,375$13,904
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68922$26,136$12,735
Lung infection, with major complications 17720$33,034$16,797
Urinary tract infection 69020$22,223$10,536
Sepsis 87219$26,126$12,902
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64117$17,170$9,227
COPD, with major complications 19014$28,275$12,487
Kidney failure, with complications 68314$19,351$10,713
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69814$34,093$18,106
Pneumonia, with complications 19411$21,399$10,412
Heart attack, with major complications 28011$28,836$16,981
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64011$38,860$15,396
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85311$86,598$44,868
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".