US Health Care Costs

Merit Health Madison

161 River Oaks Drive, Canton, MS 39046 · (601) 855-4000

General hospitalProprietaryEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$9what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$320,866net income, all sources
−3.1%margin on patient care alone
$2.2Mcost of charity care (6.3% of costs)
$7.8Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
31beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending December 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 87128$93,403$15,486
Pneumonia, with major complications 19316$98,806$11,513
Heart failure, with major complications 29116$70,979$10,455
Respiratory failure 18911$94,391$11,744
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