US Health Care Costs

North Baldwin Infirmary

1815 Hand Avenue, Bay Minette, AL 36507 · (251) 937-5521

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

The money

$24what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$27.8Mnet income, all sources
10.1%margin on patient care alone
$2.1Mcost of charity care (2.5% of costs)
$2.9Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
30beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending March 2025. 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 87120$35,647$15,370
Heart failure, with major complications 29116$18,062$10,405
Pneumonia, with major complications 19311$22,509$11,495
Cash and insurer prices for this hospital haven't been added yet. Every US hospital must publish them; search the hospital's website for "price transparency" or "standard charges".