US Health Care Costs

Memorial Health Meadows Hospital

One Meadows Parkway, Vidalia, GA 30474 · (912) 535-5828

General hospitalProprietaryEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$12what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$19.8Mnet income, all sources
13.4%margin on patient care alone
$9.2Mcost of charity care (10.1% of costs)
$9.5Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
57beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending February 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 87194$51,689$14,814
Heart failure, with major complications 29175$31,560$10,714
Pneumonia, with major complications 19331$42,960$11,386
Kidney failure, with major complications 68228$33,659$11,913
Heart attack, with major complications 28024$43,733$12,424
Heart stent 32219$139,793$14,130
Lung infection, with major complications 17718$42,731$13,295
Kidney failure, with complications 68318$25,254$8,281
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48116$95,671$15,471
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64116$23,552$7,544
Sepsis 87216$29,703$9,134
Heart catheterization 28715$54,941$10,075
Stomach and digestive disorders 39215$29,984$7,817
Urinary tract infection 69015$25,274$7,644
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 52213$88,553$15,987
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 30812$29,660$11,848
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30912$23,667$7,342
Heart attack, with complications 28111$40,589$8,340
Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive Without Cc/Mcc 28211$34,035$7,218
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37811$41,425$8,851
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