US Health Care Costs

The Medical Center at Russellville

1625 Nashville Street, Russellville, KY 42276 · (270) 726-4011

General hospitalProprietaryEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$13what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$1.2Mnet income, all sources
−27.8%margin on patient care alone
$259,220cost of charity care (1.7% of costs)
$2,595unpaid bills written off (bad debt)
37beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending March 2025.

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
Pneumonia, with major complications 19329$56,858$10,224
Heart failure, with major complications 29113$38,121$10,045
Sepsis, with major complications 87111$70,481$14,370
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