US Health Care Costs

Saint Thomas River Park Hospital

1559 Sparta Street, McMinnville, TN 37110 · (931) 815-4101

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

The money

$15what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$467,692net income, all sources
−6.4%margin on patient care alone
$5.0Mcost of charity care (9.0% of costs)
$3.9Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
45beds

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 87176$41,833$15,717
Pneumonia, with major complications 19354$37,985$11,103
Heart failure, with major complications 29137$34,383$10,809
Urinary tract infection 69022$22,303$7,257
Lung infection, with major complications 17718$34,313$13,467
Pneumonia, with complications 19416$25,644$7,398
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68916$29,293$9,866
Kidney failure, with complications 68314$27,054$8,001
Sepsis 87212$30,247$8,885
Respiratory failure 18911$34,782$10,795
COPD, with major complications 19011$30,046$9,340
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".