US Health Care Costs

Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Lawrence

1607 South Locust Avenue, Lawrenceburg, TN 38464 · (931) 762-6571

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

The money

$9what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$5.9Mnet income, all sources
7.8%margin on patient care alone
$1.1Mcost of charity care (3.2% of costs)
$5.9Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
89beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending November 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 87154$93,026$13,485
Pneumonia, with major complications 19335$77,340$10,549
Heart failure, with major complications 29128$61,777$9,916
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68924$61,490$9,117
Lung infection, with major complications 17721$105,569$12,684
Urinary tract infection 69018$54,958$6,406
Kidney failure, with complications 68315$44,808$7,303
COPD, with major complications 19014$73,594$8,606
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64113$47,570$6,536
Pneumonia, with complications 19412$70,062$6,765
Sepsis 87211$78,362$8,330
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".