US Health Care Costs

Southern Regional Medical Center

11 Upper Riverdale Road, SW, Riverdale, GA 30274 · (770) 991-8160

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

The money

$19what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$10.9Mnet income, all sources
5.3%margin on patient care alone
$13.8Mcost of charity care (11.3% of costs)
$18.1Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
233beds

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 87195$67,679$19,435
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64045$24,285$14,537
Heart failure, with major complications 29128$42,621$14,531
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85315$170,434$38,579
Respiratory failure 18914$34,791$13,874
Breathing problem needing a ventilator (up to 4 days) 20814$82,715$24,891
Diabetes, with major complications 63713$34,282$14,877
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis with Mv >96 Hours 87011$286,219$55,959
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".