US Health Care Costs

Riverview Regional Medical Center

600 South Third Street, Gadsden, AL 35901 · (256) 543-5200

General hospitalProprietaryEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$10what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$1.2Mnet income, all sources
0.4%margin on patient care alone
$90,058cost of charity care (0.1% of costs)
$49.4Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
141beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending December 2024.

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 871272$96,711$12,310
Heart failure, with major complications 291105$60,241$8,155
Kidney failure, with major complications 68264$55,627$9,680
Respiratory failure 18958$53,799$8,038
Lung infection, with major complications 17757$74,418$10,706
Stomach and digestive disorders 39249$34,184$5,231
Pneumonia, with major complications 19344$56,684$8,473
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64042$47,258$8,234
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64138$32,277$5,146
Kidney failure, with complications 68336$38,563$6,010
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85333$278,271$32,676
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis with Mv >96 Hours 87029$294,278$42,811
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30928$30,157$5,004
Sepsis 87228$45,254$6,831
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 37725$85,039$11,490
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06523$56,925$6,680
Stroke, with major complications 06421$74,958$12,040
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68921$33,360$7,400
Urinary tract infection 69020$35,859$6,166
Heart attack, with major complications 28019$80,817$9,599
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48119$117,924$12,321
Anemia and blood disorders, with major complications 81118$47,873$8,962
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 30817$47,884$7,729
Irregular heartbeat 31016$27,667$3,758
Heart stent, with major complications or 4+ stents 32116$148,472$16,893
Heart catheterization, with major complications 28615$98,889$13,636
Heart catheterization 28715$49,113$7,092
High blood pressure 30515$30,139$5,002
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37815$52,221$6,413
Chest pain 31314$27,790$4,967
Other Cerebrovascular Disorders with Cc 07113$39,042$6,610
Heart stent 32213$123,595$11,225
Back problems (no surgery) 55213$53,242$6,155
Stomach and digestive disorders, with major complications 39112$57,124$8,617
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Mcc 39312$61,983$10,349
Hip or knee replacement 47012$137,178$11,868
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60312$37,830$6,214
Cranial and Peripheral Nerve Disorders Without Mcc 07411$32,226$6,685
Pulmonary Embolism with Mcc or Acute Cor Pulmonale 17511$55,358$9,124
Bronchitis and Asthma with Cc/Mcc 20211$32,005$6,254
Atherosclerosis Without Mcc 30311$25,368$4,406
Fainting 31211$28,866$6,363
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with major complications 48011$151,671$16,763
Diabetes, with major complications 63711$36,166$9,256

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