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Tj Health Columbia

901 Westlake Drive, Columbia, KY 42728 · (270) 384-4753

General hospitalGovernment - Hospital District or AuthorityEmergency room

Tj Health Columbia is a government-owned general hospital in Columbia, Kentucky (Adair County), with 49 beds. It has an emergency room. It lists $2.52 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical Kentucky hospital ($4.88).

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Not ratedCMS overall quality rating
$2.52listed for every $1 its care costs Kentucky typical $4.88
1 h 54 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min
49beds

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

64%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%
67%rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 US typical 72%

Rated by patients

    Emergency room and urgent care

    1 h 54 mintypical time in the ER before going home US typical 2 h 28 min
    1%left the ER without being seen US typical 1%

    ER volume: low.

    Deaths within 30 days of admission lower is better
    Pneumonia
    17.4%
    Back in the hospital within 30 days lower is better
    Heart failure
    20.8%
    Pneumonia
    16.5%

    US typical hospital. Infection figures are a ratio: 1.00 means as many infections as expected for a hospital like this one. CMS adjusts these rates for how sick the patients are; a small gap from the typical hospital can be chance, so a verdict is shown only where CMS gives one.

    Source: CMS Care Compare, measurement periods ending up to September 2025.

    The money

    $40what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
    $3.3Mnet income, all sources
    9.6%margin on patient care alone
    $175,673cost of charity care (0.7% of costs)
    $1.1Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
    58full-time staff (equivalent)

    From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending September 2024.

    Cash and insurer prices for this hospital haven't been added yet. The hospital publishes them on its own price page.

    This hospital has no Medicare stay data for 2024. Medicare data covers mostly patients 65 and older, so psychiatric, children's and very small hospitals often don't appear.

    Nearby hospitals

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