US Health Care Costs

Stanly Regional Medical Center

301 Yadkin St, Albemarle, NC 28001 · (704) 984-4000

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

The money

$18what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$21.6Mnet income, all sources
15.3%margin on patient care alone
$2.4Mcost of charity care (2.4% of costs)
$13.6Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
97beds

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 87192$63,530$14,203
Heart failure, with major complications 29159$40,124$10,038
Pneumonia, with major complications 19351$46,526$10,734
Lung infection, with major complications 17724$64,579$12,736
Kidney failure, with complications 68319$28,574$7,190
Pneumonia, with complications 19418$27,309$6,897
Stomach and digestive disorders 39218$31,597$6,743
Urinary tract infection 69017$25,392$6,768
Sepsis 87217$33,764$8,706
Heart attack, with major complications 28016$37,597$10,465
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64116$25,277$6,893
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68916$39,194$8,912
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 30815$36,873$9,139
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48115$74,081$15,325
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60314$30,509$7,258
COPD, with major complications 19012$27,156$8,804
Stroke, with major complications 06411$73,072$13,777
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37811$45,762$7,916
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64011$40,542$10,017
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".