Union General Hospital

35 Hospital Road, Blairsville, GA 30512 · (706) 745-2111

General hospitalGovernment - LocalNo emergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$29what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed

$14.8Mnet income, all sources

−0.4%margin on patient care alone

$642,502cost of charity care (0.8% of costs)

$5.9Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)

39beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending April 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)

Stay	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Heart failure, with major complications 291	75	$18,155	$9,344
Pneumonia, with complications 194	56	$20,626	$6,492
Lung infection, with major complications 177	42	$38,652	$12,000
Urinary tract infection 690	42	$14,683	$6,115
Stomach and digestive disorders 392	35	$13,779	$6,070
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 641	31	$18,438	$6,223
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 522	30	$45,289	$14,978
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Cc 191	26	$17,044	$6,339
COPD, with major complications 190	23	$28,286	$8,892
Lung infection, with complications 178	22	$27,883	$7,357
Pneumonia, with major complications 193	22	$27,518	$9,538
Hip or knee replacement 470	21	$44,410	$13,488
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 481	20	$47,139	$14,764
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 309	17	$15,269	$5,718
Kidney failure, with complications 683	17	$14,650	$6,687
Sepsis, with major complications 871	17	$39,099	$13,877
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy Without Cc/Mcc 195	15	$16,039	$4,812
Irregular heartbeat 310	14	$11,892	$4,428
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 308	13	$17,412	$8,682
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 378	13	$16,478	$7,238
Bowel obstruction, with complications 389	12	$9,819	$5,880
Sepsis 872	12	$18,786	$7,536
Respiratory failure 189	11	$31,656	$9,058
Skin infection (cellulitis) 603	11	$14,662	$6,506
Signs and Symptoms Without Mcc 948	11	$17,598	$6,047

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