US Health Care Costs

Southwestern Medical Center

5602 Southwest Lee Boulevard, Lawton, OK 73505 · (405) 531-4701

General hospitalProprietaryEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$17what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$11.0Mnet income, all sources
−14.7%margin on patient care alone
$1.1Mcost of charity care (1.5% of costs)
$4.7Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
126beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending October 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)

StayMedicare staysBilledPaid
Sepsis, with major complications 87140$52,617$12,539
Kidney failure, with major complications 68237$53,855$10,232
Kidney failure, with complications 68331$33,282$6,753
Heart failure, with major complications 29130$38,716$8,799
Urinary tract infection 69018$29,191$5,751
Psychoses 88517$29,213$9,245
Lung infection, with major complications 17716$57,004$11,277
Pneumonia, with major complications 19316$37,416$9,970
Degenerative nerve disorders (e.g. Parkinson's, dementia) 05712$33,357$8,477
Stomach and digestive disorders 39212$34,780$6,993
Heart attack, with major complications 28011$49,337$11,562
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68911$30,727$7,222
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