US Health Care Costs

Southside Community Hospital, Inc

800 Oak Street, Farmville, VA 23901 · (434) 392-8811

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

The money

$19what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$33.5Mnet income, all sources
2.7%margin on patient care alone
$3.8Mcost of charity care (4.6% of costs)
$2.5Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
77beds

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 871171$45,121$14,760
Heart failure, with major complications 29195$36,126$9,634
Sepsis 87226$33,693$7,934
Pneumonia, with major complications 19325$44,399$10,686
Lung infection, with major complications 17724$46,182$12,458
Kidney failure, with major complications 68220$40,163$11,165
Kidney failure, with complications 68320$26,396$6,847
COPD, with major complications 19017$45,670$8,143
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37815$34,858$7,898
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68914$34,501$8,801
Respiratory failure 18913$40,148$9,106
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60312$29,900$6,762
Stroke, with major complications 06411$45,059$14,793
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".