US Health Care Costs

Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge

990 Oak Ridge Turnpike Box 529, Oak Ridge, TN 37830 · (865) 835-1000

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

The money

$27what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$6.1Mnet income, all sources
−6.1%margin on patient care alone
$5.8Mcost of charity care (3.8% of costs)
$9.3Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
156beds

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 871297$34,135$13,341
Heart failure, with major complications 291110$22,007$9,500
Lung infection, with major complications 17758$36,019$11,521
Sepsis 87250$19,992$7,447
Heart attack, with major complications 28044$24,724$10,961
Kidney failure, with complications 68344$14,196$6,356
Pneumonia, with major complications 19343$23,161$8,847
Respiratory failure 18939$26,612$9,046
Kidney failure, with major complications 68237$20,066$9,946
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85337$77,710$33,539
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37834$17,964$6,919
Other Cerebrovascular Disorders with Mcc 07030$26,351$11,492
Heart stent 32230$40,563$12,948
COPD, with major complications 19029$27,604$8,123
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 37729$26,898$11,714
Other Cerebrovascular Disorders with Cc 07125$16,880$7,267
Fainting 31225$23,111$6,281
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30923$10,783$5,391
Stomach and digestive disorders 39222$14,616$6,581
Urinary tract infection 69021$12,759$5,801
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 30820$20,391$8,521
Heart attack, with complications 28119$15,357$7,042
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69817$25,493$11,019
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with major complications 48016$57,219$19,229
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64116$15,451$5,644
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48115$35,640$13,687
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64015$20,557$9,018
High blood pressure 30514$13,612$5,526
Hip or knee replacement 47014$48,253$12,539
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 52214$43,913$13,888
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60313$17,331$6,239
Pulmonary Embolism with Mcc or Acute Cor Pulmonale 17512$22,169$9,463
Stomach and digestive disorders, with major complications 39112$22,406$8,864
Stroke, with major complications 06411$22,793$12,652
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06511$18,671$6,942
Coronary Bypass with Cardiac Catheterization or Open Ablation with Mcc 23311$153,466$50,288
Hip Replacement with Principal Diagnosis of Hip Fracture with Mcc 52111$52,855$19,084
Diabetes, with major complications 63711$30,893$9,769
Infectious and Parasitic Diseases with O.r. Procedures with Cc 85411$28,322$17,254

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