Northwestern Medical Center Inc

133 Fairfield Street, Saint Albans, VT 05478 · (802) 524-5911

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

The money

$42what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed

$12.9Mnet income, all sources

−24.9%margin on patient care alone

$1.4Mcost of charity care (1.3% of costs)

$6.5Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)

53beds

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	71	$24,831	$22,714
Heart failure, with major complications 291	59	$21,090	$15,361
Respiratory failure 189	37	$22,210	$14,905
Pneumonia, with major complications 193	37	$21,862	$15,154
Sepsis 872	30	$17,790	$11,778
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 378	25	$18,247	$11,605
Lung infection, with major complications 177	24	$20,390	$19,186
Heart attack, with complications 281	23	$10,585	$10,455
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 065	19	$22,117	$11,632
Bowel obstruction, with complications 389	18	$17,449	$9,132
Kidney failure, with complications 683	18	$13,821	$10,270
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 481	17	$38,681	$23,722
COPD, with major complications 190	15	$16,756	$12,049
Heart attack, with major complications 280	15	$17,922	$18,074
Bowel surgery, with complications 330	15	$50,027	$27,252
Urinary tract infection 690	15	$14,683	$9,243
Pneumonia, with complications 194	14	$15,768	$9,422
Stomach and digestive disorders 392	14	$18,420	$9,003
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 308	13	$19,141	$13,900
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 309	11	$13,862	$8,289
Skin infection (cellulitis) 603	11	$16,090	$10,140

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