US Health Care Costs

Ut Health East Texas Athens Hospital

2000 South Palestine St, Athens, TX 75751 · (903) 676-1000

General hospitalProprietaryEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$9what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$20.0Mnet income, all sources
13.5%margin on patient care alone
$8.5Mcost of charity care (9.4% of costs)
$17.6Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
127beds

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)

StayMedicare staysBilledPaid
Sepsis, with major complications 871119$96,590$14,229
Pneumonia, with major complications 19376$80,204$10,255
Heart attack, with major complications 28043$80,782$12,069
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68941$50,645$9,388
Sepsis 87237$63,701$8,476
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64135$43,244$6,874
Heart failure, with major complications 29132$64,935$10,273
Pneumonia, with complications 19428$47,263$7,097
Urinary tract infection 69027$47,565$7,025
Lung infection, with major complications 17726$93,167$12,220
Heart attack, with complications 28121$44,316$7,701
Stomach and digestive disorders 39221$49,672$6,995
Kidney failure, with complications 68319$53,231$7,652
Respiratory failure 18918$99,162$10,074
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69818$89,017$12,546
COPD, with major complications 19017$60,416$9,151
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37813$56,599$8,311
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60312$42,256$7,608
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