US Health Care Costs

St Vincent's St Clair

7063 Veterans Parkway, Pell City, AL 35125 · (205) 338-3301

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

The money

$14what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$8.5Mnet income, all sources
14.9%margin on patient care alone
$3.7Mcost of charity care (8.2% of costs)
$5.2Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
40beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending June 2025. 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 87171$32,444$13,511
Pneumonia, with major complications 19337$25,649$8,777
Lung infection, with major complications 17730$25,744$11,496
Heart failure, with major complications 29127$21,509$8,702
Sepsis 87224$23,943$7,388
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68922$25,021$8,169
Urinary tract infection 69018$17,475$5,625
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60313$18,281$6,203
COPD, with major complications 19012$21,848$7,721
Pneumonia, with complications 19412$24,308$5,801
Heart attack, with major complications 28012$21,100$10,443
Kidney failure, with complications 68311$17,550$6,306
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".