Valley Baptist Medical Center- Brownsville

1040 W Jefferson St, Brownsville, TX 78520 · (956) 544-1400

General hospitalProprietaryEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$6what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed

$39.3Mnet income, all sources

17.6%margin on patient care alone

$13.1Mcost of charity care (8.4% of costs)

$26.5Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)

240beds

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
Sepsis, with major complications 871	166	$204,630	$15,322
Heart failure, with major complications 291	53	$135,163	$10,723
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 698	35	$204,367	$13,758
Sepsis 872	34	$117,930	$9,134
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 377	22	$241,807	$14,485
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 640	21	$105,355	$10,922
Pneumonia, with major complications 193	19	$182,287	$11,370
Heart attack, with major complications 280	19	$146,418	$13,164
Urinary tract infection 690	19	$91,057	$7,612
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis with Mv >96 Hours 870	19	$697,970	$45,782
Lung infection, with major complications 177	18	$127,671	$13,272
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 853	18	$439,675	$34,913
Other circulation problems, with major complications 314	16	$216,160	$16,295
Kidney failure, with major complications 682	14	$167,218	$13,044
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 689	14	$106,421	$10,180
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Mcc 393	11	$174,530	$13,380

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