US Health Care Costs

Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center

960 Joe Frank Harris Parkway, Cartersville, GA 30120 · (470) 490-1000

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

The money

$12what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$31.3Mnet income, all sources
12.4%margin on patient care alone
$24.2Mcost of charity care (13.0% of costs)
$25.5Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
141beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending June 2025. 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 871197$97,996$15,292
Heart failure, with major complications 29178$60,114$11,736
Pneumonia, with major complications 19360$70,370$11,186
Lung infection, with major complications 17755$87,152$14,138
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64046$69,094$10,157
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68940$61,012$9,118
Kidney failure, with major complications 68238$71,671$11,758
Kidney failure, with complications 68337$38,621$7,287
COPD, with major complications 19033$73,273$10,578
Urinary tract infection 69031$49,053$6,849
Sepsis 87231$57,280$8,975
Stroke, with major complications 06426$109,278$16,657
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64126$40,260$6,589
Heart catheterization, with major complications 28625$150,802$17,279
Heart attack, with major complications 28024$128,398$13,364
Respiratory failure 18923$74,347$10,926
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37822$46,730$9,324
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 30821$64,315$9,667
Fainting 31221$51,286$7,475
Heart stent, with major complications or 4+ stents 32121$173,439$23,402
Stomach and digestive disorders 39219$47,015$7,872
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69819$87,541$14,241
Chest pain 31317$46,187$6,447
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85317$271,852$40,092
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06515$78,510$9,308
Heart catheterization 28715$80,690$13,064
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60315$31,871$9,230
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 37714$63,774$15,947
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48114$141,524$15,800
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30913$45,148$6,596
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 52213$164,406$16,284
Diabetes, with complications 63813$52,759$7,729
Mini-stroke (TIA) 06912$64,614$7,140
Pneumonia, with complications 19412$48,482$7,126
Heart stent 32212$137,522$17,031
Back problems (no surgery) 55212$63,406$8,012
Stomach and digestive disorders, with major complications 39111$88,386$9,418
Anemia and blood disorders, with major complications 81111$44,058$14,497

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