Southwest Medical Center
315 West 15th Street, Liberal, KS 67901 · (620) 624-1651
The money
$27what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$5.8Mnet income, all sources
−13.0%margin on patient care alone
$406,021cost of charity care (0.7% of costs)
$16.5Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
67beds
From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending December 2024.
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 | 60 | $43,788 | $19,445 | |
| Hip or knee replacement 470 | 34 | $66,237 | $18,938 | |
| Pneumonia, with major complications 193 | 29 | $44,001 | $12,971 | |
| Heart failure, with major complications 291 | 26 | $30,317 | $12,620 | |
| Respiratory failure 189 | 21 | $53,295 | $12,071 | |
| Sepsis 872 | 21 | $25,050 | $10,760 | |
| Lung infection, with major complications 177 | 17 | $41,826 | $16,650 | |
| Kidney failure, with complications 683 | 12 | $22,509 | $9,335 | |
| Major Joint or Limb Reattachment Procedures of Upper Extremities 483 | 11 | $72,914 | $24,622 |
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