Ozarks Healthcare

1100 Kentucky Ave, West Plains, MO 65775 · (417) 256-9111

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

The money

$24what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed

−$15.1Mnet income, all sources

−45.4%margin on patient care alone

$413,642cost of charity care (0.3% of costs)

$39.8Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)

111beds

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)

Stay	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Sepsis, with major complications 871	64	$46,770	$13,662
Heart failure, with major complications 291	62	$34,654	$9,230
Lung infection, with major complications 177	33	$43,079	$11,704
Psychoses 885	31	$17,176	$9,794
Heart attack, with major complications 280	29	$58,410	$11,334
Pneumonia, with major complications 193	27	$32,346	$9,430
Respiratory failure 189	26	$36,063	$8,933
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 065	25	$29,793	$7,461
Urinary tract infection 690	22	$21,808	$6,196
Heart stent 322	21	$81,350	$12,776
COPD, with major complications 190	19	$29,362	$8,025
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 481	19	$55,654	$14,160
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 689	19	$31,562	$8,508
Heart stent, with major complications or 4+ stents 321	17	$91,664	$19,733
Heart catheterization 287	16	$33,594	$7,933
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 308	16	$24,409	$8,729
Pneumonia, with complications 194	15	$25,001	$6,223
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 522	15	$61,465	$14,674
High blood pressure 305	14	$19,768	$5,786
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 309	14	$16,147	$5,723
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 641	14	$17,144	$5,914
Kidney failure, with major complications 682	14	$50,975	$10,583
Kidney failure, with complications 683	14	$21,282	$6,733
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 640	13	$36,326	$9,515
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 698	12	$33,524	$11,396
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 378	11	$26,311	$7,363
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 853	11	$121,584	$33,566
Disorders of Personality and Impulse Control 883	11	$9,852	$13,080

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