US Health Care Costs

Upson Regional Medical Center

801 W Gordon Street, Thomaston, GA 30286 · (706) 647-8111

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

The money

$20what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$23.5Mnet income, all sources
−2.5%margin on patient care alone
$4.8Mcost of charity care (5.2% of costs)
$36.9Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
81beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending December 2024. 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 87133$48,420$15,233
Heart failure, with major complications 29125$36,267$11,608
Urinary tract infection 69021$26,033$7,257
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 52219$76,885$16,306
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64119$29,971$7,002
Stomach and digestive disorders 39215$30,305$7,144
Respiratory failure 18914$38,292$10,270
Kidney failure, with complications 68313$33,690$7,925
Pneumonia, with complications 19412$21,800$7,431
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48111$53,875$15,984
Anemia and blood disorders 81211$26,821$7,890
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".