US Health Care Costs

Shelby Baptist Medical Center

1000 First Street North, Alabaster, AL 35007 · (205) 620-8100

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

The money

$8what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$4.6Mnet income, all sources
−0.8%margin on patient care alone
$10.2Mcost of charity care (6.9% of costs)
$13.7Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
212beds

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)

StayMedicare staysBilledPaid
Sepsis, with major complications 871183$133,149$12,345
Heart failure, with major complications 29150$68,775$7,980
Heart attack, with major complications 28047$99,431$10,273
Pneumonia, with major complications 19332$74,051$7,547
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85331$258,281$30,340
Respiratory failure 18923$67,818$7,815
Kidney failure, with complications 68320$53,543$6,547
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64019$84,888$7,508
Heart valve replacement through a catheter (TAVR), with major complications 26618$290,768$33,599
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48118$126,608$14,665
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06517$71,600$6,695
Stroke, with major complications 06416$99,816$10,578
Hip or knee replacement 47016$164,325$14,250
Kidney failure, with major complications 68216$88,850$10,167
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69816$96,277$12,200
Lung infection, with major complications 17715$90,223$10,077
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with major complications 48015$180,431$21,525
Heart attack, with complications 28114$71,661$7,181
Heart catheterization, with major complications 28614$148,608$13,366
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis with Mv >96 Hours 87014$490,689$41,896
Heart procedure through a catheter (e.g. ablation, valve clip) 27412$198,294$18,105
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64112$51,172$5,881
Urinary tract infection 69012$48,518$6,046
Other Disorders of Nervous System with Mcc 09111$82,819$10,638
Heart stent, with major complications or 4+ stents 32111$290,492$24,526
Hip Replacement with Principal Diagnosis of Hip Fracture with Mcc 52111$266,730$18,166
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68911$54,235$7,947

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".