Samaritan Medical Center
830 Washington Street, Watertown, NY 13601 · (315) 785-4000
The money
$28what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$15.2Mnet income, all sources
−0.8%margin on patient care alone
$3.6Mcost of charity care (1.3% of costs)
$10.5Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
165beds
From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending December 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)
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