US Health Care Costs

Uva Health Culpeper Medical Center

501 Sunset Lane, Culpeper, VA 22701 · (703) 829-4300

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

The money

$24what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$21.2Mnet income, all sources
11.0%margin on patient care alone
$8.4Mcost of charity care (4.9% of costs)
$11.0Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
70beds

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 871120$45,227$16,797
Heart failure, with major complications 291100$26,403$10,536
Pneumonia, with major complications 19387$30,665$11,383
Lung infection, with major complications 17745$35,185$14,247
Sepsis 87243$25,525$8,761
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68934$23,004$10,547
Pneumonia, with complications 19425$21,033$7,419
Kidney failure, with complications 68324$23,853$7,832
COPD, with major complications 19023$29,327$9,779
Respiratory failure 18921$20,171$10,665
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48121$68,486$20,440
Urinary tract infection 69021$18,946$7,165
Bowel obstruction, with complications 38920$24,742$7,850
Stomach and digestive disorders 39220$18,149$7,189
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60320$19,537$7,905
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 52219$62,190$16,651
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64019$35,416$11,223
Kidney failure, with major complications 68219$30,096$12,251
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06516$31,233$9,363
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 30814$29,806$12,480
Pulmonary Embolism with Mcc or Acute Cor Pulmonale 17513$28,304$11,791
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64113$20,716$7,379
Fainting 31212$19,928$7,717
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30911$23,421$6,919
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37811$26,002$8,641
Stomach and digestive disorders, with major complications 39111$43,714$11,000
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69811$49,857$18,657

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