US Health Care Costs

Northeast Georgia Medical Center Habersham

541 Historic Highway 441-North, Demorest, GA 30535 · (706) 754-2161

General hospitalGovernment - Hospital District or AuthorityEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$17what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$7.3Mnet income, all sources
4.7%margin on patient care alone
$4.5Mcost of charity care (7.0% of costs)
$8.7Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
49beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending September 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
Heart failure, with major complications 29136$30,276$10,469
Pneumonia, with major complications 19333$40,918$11,375
Urinary tract infection 69032$30,762$7,558
Pneumonia, with complications 19429$38,797$8,096
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64119$37,319$7,492
Lung infection, with major complications 17718$54,955$13,485
Kidney failure, with complications 68315$32,716$7,990
Stomach and digestive disorders 39214$38,828$7,621
Respiratory failure 18913$36,382$11,390
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68912$33,951$9,880
COPD, with major complications 19011$45,720$11,931
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60311$34,351$11,683
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