US Health Care Costs

Maria Parham Medical Center

Po Box 59, Henderson, NC 27536 · (252) 431-3708

General hospitalProprietaryEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$13what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$8.9Mnet income, all sources
4.3%margin on patient care alone
$3.6Mcost of charity care (3.2% of costs)
$28.2Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
111beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending October 2024.

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 871104$67,956$14,536
Psychoses 88538$42,459$10,622
Heart failure, with major complications 29137$44,563$9,919
Sepsis 87230$49,707$8,411
Respiratory failure 18923$36,135$9,772
Pneumonia, with major complications 19321$52,254$10,495
Kidney failure, with complications 68317$27,696$7,464
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85315$239,108$36,477
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06514$41,287$8,370
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64114$52,806$6,828
Heart attack, with major complications 28013$52,340$12,131
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68913$48,685$9,287
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37811$44,665$8,227
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