US Health Care Costs

Macon Community Hospital

204 Medical Drive, Lafayette, TN 37083 · (615) 666-2147

Rural (critical access) hospitalVoluntary non-profit - PrivateEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$32what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$500,253net income, all sources
−5.2%margin on patient care alone
$1.4Mcost of charity care (6.9% of costs)
$1.6Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
25beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending September 2024. Non-profit hospitals must have a financial assistance (charity care) policy; ask for it if a bill is hard to pay.

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This hospital has no Medicare stay data for 2024. Medicare data covers mostly patients 65 and older, so psychiatric, children's and very small hospitals often don't appear.