US Health Care Costs

Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center

1 Medical Center Dr Po Box 139, Supply, NC 28462 · (910) 755-8121

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

The money

$17what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$34.7Mnet income, all sources
16.8%margin on patient care alone
$3.7Mcost of charity care (3.3% of costs)
$11.5Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
65beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending December 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)

StayMedicare staysBilledPaid
Sepsis, with major complications 871123$46,300$14,817
Heart failure, with major complications 291105$28,708$9,871
Urinary tract infection 69051$23,738$6,346
Sepsis 87251$33,094$8,288
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30950$27,946$5,789
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64148$23,909$6,041
Pneumonia, with major complications 19347$31,685$10,069
Lung infection, with major complications 17735$42,066$12,586
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 30834$34,897$9,207
COPD, with major complications 19031$35,262$8,453
Pneumonia, with complications 19430$27,963$6,308
Stomach and digestive disorders 39230$24,089$6,102
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37828$28,246$7,603
Respiratory failure 18927$39,568$9,441
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60327$25,624$6,816
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68927$29,405$8,879
Kidney failure, with complications 68326$28,253$6,914
Irregular heartbeat 31025$16,224$4,421
Bowel surgery, with complications 33021$94,377$17,986
Hip or knee replacement 47021$99,270$14,340
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48120$84,303$15,724
Back problems (no surgery) 55220$30,469$7,359
Lung infection, with complications 17818$28,663$7,500
Bowel obstruction, with complications 38918$26,898$6,223
Bowel surgery, with major complications 32917$118,797$33,562
Kidney failure, with major complications 68215$40,403$11,419
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85315$111,534$36,696
Fainting 31214$27,734$6,678
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 52214$102,346$15,938
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64014$29,295$9,971
Anemia and blood disorders 81214$25,828$7,010
Infectious and Parasitic Diseases with O.r. Procedures with Cc 85414$54,016$15,321
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Cc 19113$25,615$6,562
High blood pressure 30512$26,204$5,876
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 37711$52,111$13,508

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