US Health Care Costs

Tristar Horizon Medical Center

111 Highway 70 East, Dickson, TN 37055 · (615) 446-0446

General hospitalProprietaryEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$8what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$36.4Mnet income, all sources
21.1%margin on patient care alone
$11.0Mcost of charity care (9.8% of costs)
$10.5Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
110beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending May 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
Sepsis, with major complications 871181$81,019$13,622
Heart failure, with major complications 291100$43,578$9,393
Pneumonia, with major complications 19352$51,914$9,807
Heart attack, with major complications 28040$82,309$10,919
Kidney failure, with complications 68331$43,421$7,243
Respiratory failure 18930$56,586$9,847
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64029$53,207$9,290
Sepsis 87227$57,265$8,837
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68925$48,747$8,470
Kidney failure, with major complications 68224$73,246$11,161
Lung infection, with major complications 17723$56,255$12,700
Stomach and digestive disorders 39221$52,215$6,349
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48118$123,561$16,674
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 52218$120,361$14,870
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69818$80,504$11,318
Fainting 31217$66,659$6,775
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with major complications 48017$142,364$19,856
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85317$260,455$32,018
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06516$71,183$7,398
Delirium and other mental confusion 88416$56,125$11,092
Heart stent 32215$148,871$13,059
Fracture or sprain (not hip or thigh) 56314$64,144$6,996
Urinary tract infection 69014$45,111$6,303
Mini-stroke (TIA) 06913$71,175$7,775
Irregular heartbeat 31013$34,564$4,924
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30912$45,254$6,793
Diabetes, with complications 63812$63,271$6,658
High blood pressure 30511$53,396$5,984
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 37711$67,144$10,618
Diabetes, with major complications 63711$83,125$10,157

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