Southwestern Vermont Medical Center

100 Hospital Drive, Bennington, VT 05201 · (802) 442-6361

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

The money

$35what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed

$4.1Mnet income, all sources

−26.0%margin on patient care alone

$1.7Mcost of charity care (1.1% of costs)

$5.8Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)

56beds

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

Stay	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Sepsis, with major complications 871	116	$34,744	$10,732
Heart failure, with major complications 291	68	$22,196	$8,484
Respiratory failure 189	67	$21,637	$7,220
Lung infection, with major complications 177	54	$27,172	$9,337
Sepsis 872	30	$24,831	$7,040
Kidney failure, with complications 683	25	$25,028	$4,642
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 065	24	$28,567	$6,384
Kidney failure, with major complications 682	21	$21,711	$6,594
Skin infection (cellulitis) 603	19	$16,841	$4,709
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 309	17	$15,694	$4,497
Urinary tract infection 690	17	$20,195	$5,043
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 698	16	$31,368	$8,017
Irregular heartbeat 310	15	$9,888	$4,443
Heart attack, with major complications 280	14	$24,930	$7,123
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 308	14	$25,868	$4,813
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 378	14	$20,236	$4,486
Bowel obstruction, with complications 389	14	$20,969	$4,231
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 481	14	$47,942	$10,364
Pulmonary Embolism with Mcc or Acute Cor Pulmonale 175	13	$25,151	$6,673
Pneumonia, with major complications 193	13	$21,580	$4,714
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 522	13	$50,735	$15,187
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence Without Rehabilitation Therapy Without Mcc 897	13	$15,183	$7,947
Pneumonia, with complications 194	11	$19,036	$5,347

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