US Health Care Costs

Scotland Memorial Hospital

500 Lauchwood Dr, Laurinburg, NC 28352 · (910) 291-7000

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

The money

$23what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$50.6Mnet income, all sources
1.1%margin on patient care alone
$5.0Mcost of charity care (2.8% of costs)
$23.5Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
104beds

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
Sepsis, with major complications 871139$50,061$14,777
Heart failure, with major complications 29180$39,181$10,430
Lung infection, with major complications 17732$47,740$12,388
Pneumonia, with major complications 19328$40,113$10,579
Kidney failure, with major complications 68218$41,441$12,768
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68917$33,531$9,577
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69816$41,158$11,457
Stroke, with major complications 06415$55,822$14,310
COPD, with major complications 19014$36,965$8,916
Heart attack, with major complications 28013$49,903$12,513
Urinary tract infection 69012$23,888$7,229
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85312$87,599$31,758
Sepsis 87212$36,934$9,324
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30911$28,410$6,767
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 37711$43,634$12,898
Kidney failure, with complications 68311$36,746$8,072
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".