US Health Care Costs

North Alabama Shoals Hospital

201 West Avalon Avenue, Muscle Shoals, AL 35661 · (256) 386-1601

General hospitalProprietaryEmergency roomCMS rating Not rated

The money

$18what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$5.2Mnet income, all sources
−12.1%margin on patient care alone
$1.4Mcost of charity care (4.0% of costs)
$4.7Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
47beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending March 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
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence Without Rehabilitation Therapy Without Mcc 89721$16,848$8,136
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