Mid-Columbia Medical Center
1700 E 19th Street, The Dalles, OR 97058 · (541) 296-1111
The money
$44what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$27.4Mnet income, all sources
−24.6%margin on patient care alone
$5.0Mcost of charity care (4.0% of costs)
$825,066unpaid bills written off (bad debt)
49beds
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)
| Stay | Medicare stays | Billed | Paid | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sepsis, with major complications 871 | 63 | $37,596 | $23,074 | |
| Heart failure, with major complications 291 | 32 | $27,899 | $13,710 | |
| Respiratory failure 189 | 29 | $25,950 | $13,016 | |
| Pneumonia, with major complications 193 | 18 | $22,070 | $14,086 | |
| Sepsis 872 | 17 | $20,847 | $10,960 | |
| Lung infection, with major complications 177 | 16 | $40,304 | $17,637 | |
| Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 378 | 14 | $22,932 | $10,465 | |
| Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 065 | 13 | $30,835 | $10,708 | |
| Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 377 | 11 | $31,727 | $18,841 |
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