US Health Care Costs

Russell County Hospital

58 Carroll Street, Lebanon, VA 24266 · (276) 883-8000

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

The money

$20what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$1.4Mnet income, all sources
−0.9%margin on patient care alone
$434,588cost of charity care (1.5% of costs)
$1.4Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
48beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending September 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
Psychoses 88554$13,629$11,474
Sepsis, with major complications 87151$41,021$16,146
Heart failure, with major complications 29122$36,520$10,386
Pneumonia, with major complications 19318$30,119$11,094
Lung infection, with major complications 17712$45,257$13,873
Sepsis 87212$28,849$8,523
Respiratory failure 18911$44,292$10,223
Cash and insurer prices for this hospital haven't been added yet. Every US hospital must publish them; search the hospital's website for "price transparency" or "standard charges".