US Health Care Costs

Piedmont Mountainside Hospital Inc

1266 Highway 515 South, Jasper, GA 30143 · (706) 692-2441

General hospitalVoluntary non-profit - OtherNo emergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$13what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$27.4Mnet income, all sources
15.9%margin on patient care alone
$13.1Mcost of charity care (11.0% of costs)
$5.9Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
65beds

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 871324$60,301$14,799
Heart failure, with major complications 29199$43,780$10,058
Sepsis 87265$37,600$8,851
Lung infection, with major complications 17737$52,393$11,882
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30926$37,687$6,882
Bowel obstruction, with complications 38923$29,763$6,698
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 30822$48,513$11,213
Kidney failure, with complications 68322$39,220$7,467
COPD, with major complications 19021$44,540$8,795
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37821$41,755$8,095
Stomach and digestive disorders 39221$25,167$6,681
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68921$40,302$8,982
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64019$33,807$9,584
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85319$156,237$33,026
Pneumonia, with major complications 19318$39,852$11,870
Mini-stroke (TIA) 06917$43,038$6,784
Irregular heartbeat 31017$27,544$5,148
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64117$23,344$7,974
Urinary tract infection 69017$26,871$6,839
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69817$43,746$11,799
Stroke, with major complications 06416$57,981$13,852
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06515$44,639$7,602
Pneumonia, with complications 19415$33,407$6,748
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48115$84,484$15,408
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60315$26,706$7,344
Heart attack, with major complications 28014$43,937$11,440
Kidney failure, with major complications 68214$48,604$12,375
High blood pressure 30513$31,638$6,489
Dysequilibrium 14912$37,174$6,402
Lung infection, with complications 17812$36,227$7,619
Infectious and Parasitic Diseases with O.r. Procedures with Cc 85412$72,177$14,551
Fainting 31211$31,387$7,252
Chest pain 31311$33,592$6,263
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with major complications 48011$110,176$20,798

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