Smyth County Community Hospital
245 Medical Park Drive, Marion, VA 24354 · (276) 378-1000
The money
$18what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$3.5Mnet income, all sources
1.6%margin on patient care alone
$778,599cost of charity care (1.8% of costs)
$2.4Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
17beds
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)
| Stay | Medicare stays | Billed | Paid | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sepsis, with major complications 871 | 55 | $40,315 | $16,848 | |
| Heart failure, with major complications 291 | 18 | $29,727 | $10,952 | |
| Lung infection, with major complications 177 | 17 | $46,861 | $13,791 | |
| Pneumonia, with major complications 193 | 16 | $26,374 | $11,195 | |
| COPD, with major complications 190 | 11 | $27,746 | $9,303 | |
| Kidney failure, with major complications 682 | 11 | $34,905 | $12,419 | |
| Kidney failure, with complications 683 | 11 | $22,598 | $7,819 | |
| Sepsis 872 | 11 | $22,636 | $9,461 |
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