US Health Care Costs

Uofl Health - Shelbyville Hospital

727 Hospital Drive, Shelbyville, KY 40065 · (502) 647-4000

General hospitalVoluntary non-profit - PrivateEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$21what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$6.4Mnet income, all sources
−17.2%margin on patient care alone
$1.0Mcost of charity care (2.6% of costs)
$4.7Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
32beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending June 2025. Non-profit hospitals must have a financial assistance (charity care) policy; ask for it if a bill is hard to pay.

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 87130$40,526$16,504
Heart failure, with major complications 29123$23,962$11,111
Pneumonia, with major complications 19321$27,750$11,671
COPD, with major complications 19015$33,945$9,932
Lung infection, with major complications 17714$37,362$14,270
Respiratory failure 18912$23,595$10,823
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".