Northside Hospital Duluth

3620 Howell Ferry Road, Duluth, GA 30096 · (678) 312-1000

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

The money

$19what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed

$1.4Mnet income, all sources

−2.8%margin on patient care alone

$19.1Mcost of charity care (8.4% of costs)

$84.9Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)

94beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending September 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	91	$83,117	$14,865
Heart failure, with major complications 291	51	$58,164	$10,259
Lung infection, with major complications 177	31	$64,542	$11,769
Respiratory failure 189	28	$52,571	$10,371
Kidney failure, with major complications 682	22	$49,200	$10,746
Sepsis 872	22	$43,896	$8,238
Pneumonia, with major complications 193	21	$60,788	$9,566
Stomach and digestive disorders 392	20	$49,919	$6,548
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 640	20	$51,591	$13,434
Urinary tract infection 690	19	$31,222	$6,257
Kidney failure, with complications 683	16	$49,720	$7,195
Skin infection (cellulitis) 603	15	$43,351	$6,632
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 698	15	$55,173	$11,699
Bowel obstruction, with complications 389	13	$33,935	$6,990
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 689	13	$45,924	$9,114
Anemia and blood disorders, with major complications 811	13	$71,407	$10,691
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 378	12	$65,924	$7,922
Hip or knee replacement 470	12	$124,703	$14,878
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 853	11	$174,726	$33,914

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