US Health Care Costs

Stafford Hospital, LLC

101 Hospital Center Boulevard, Stafford, VA 22554 · (540) 741-9000

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

The money

$31what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$16.9Mnet income, all sources
10.5%margin on patient care alone
$2.1Mcost of charity care (1.9% of costs)
$9.4Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
81beds

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 87198$33,135$14,927
Heart failure, with major complications 29169$18,484$9,905
Pneumonia, with major complications 19337$26,658$10,299
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60333$19,303$7,311
Lung infection, with major complications 17730$27,865$11,921
Heart attack, with major complications 28026$27,434$11,649
Urinary tract infection 69026$15,875$7,528
Sepsis 87226$22,190$8,181
Kidney failure, with complications 68325$16,383$7,435
Stomach and digestive disorders 39224$14,711$6,945
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68922$18,301$8,742
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37821$21,827$8,628
Kidney failure, with major complications 68220$18,822$11,301
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69818$17,503$12,310
COPD, with major complications 19016$19,607$8,620
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64116$18,510$6,478
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64015$16,140$9,699
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06513$23,847$7,825
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 30813$30,444$9,486
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85313$75,311$33,891
Stomach and digestive disorders, with major complications 39112$24,422$9,975
Respiratory failure 18911$27,167$10,180
Heart attack, with complications 28111$28,100$7,291
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 37711$34,765$13,209
Other digestive problems, with complications 39411$14,112$7,616
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