US Health Care Costs

Memorial Satilla Health

1900 Tebeau Street, Waycross, GA 31501 · (912) 287-2500

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

The money

$10what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$9.1Mnet income, all sources
5.6%margin on patient care alone
$11.5Mcost of charity care (10.4% of costs)
$10.1Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
130beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending December 2024. 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 871227$83,663$14,550
Heart failure, with major complications 29185$53,774$10,504
Kidney failure, with major complications 68242$61,659$11,070
Pneumonia, with major complications 19340$68,413$9,910
Kidney failure, with complications 68340$38,456$7,128
Sepsis 87235$41,615$8,489
Heart attack, with major complications 28033$84,083$12,150
Respiratory failure 18927$60,818$9,650
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64027$54,424$10,112
Stomach and digestive disorders 39226$45,477$6,603
Lung infection, with major complications 17725$65,720$12,375
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68922$43,082$9,153
Stroke, with major complications 06418$60,455$14,519
Diabetes, with complications 63816$34,182$7,532
Urinary tract infection 69016$37,672$7,177
Heart stent 32214$228,296$13,516
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30913$42,724$6,278
Irregular heartbeat 31013$32,814$5,241
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06512$54,214$8,011
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37812$68,401$7,792
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69812$71,694$13,961
Anemia and blood disorders 81212$54,095$7,450
Other Disorders of Nervous System with Mcc 09111$72,684$13,575
Heart attack, with complications 28111$69,726$8,919
High blood pressure 30511$36,534$6,333
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64111$33,269$6,698

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