US Health Care Costs

Tennova Healthcare-Jefferson Memorial Hospital

110 Hospital Drive, Jefferson City, TN 37760 · (865) 471-2500

General hospitalProprietaryEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$11what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$1.8Mnet income, all sources
2.8%margin on patient care alone
$2.6Mcost of charity care (4.9% of costs)
$7.1Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
56beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending September 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 87172$66,912$11,535
Pneumonia, with major complications 19331$43,711$7,833
Lung infection, with major complications 17724$57,011$10,264
Heart failure, with major complications 29123$44,845$7,617
Kidney failure, with major complications 68215$46,720$8,112
Kidney failure, with complications 68314$37,081$5,570
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48113$71,111$13,008
Stomach and digestive disorders 39212$32,670$5,051
COPD, with major complications 19011$45,588$6,467
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68911$43,833$7,272
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".