US Health Care Costs

Valley Regional Medical Center

100 a Alton Gloor, Brownsville, TX 78526 · (956) 350-7000

General hospitalProprietaryEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$5what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$110.7Mnet income, all sources
45.3%margin on patient care alone
$18.6Mcost of charity care (11.6% of costs)
$23.0Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
214beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending March 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 871124$216,821$15,892
Heart failure, with major complications 29133$126,483$10,606
Kidney failure, with major complications 68233$100,010$13,585
Heart attack, with major complications 28030$145,273$12,515
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64030$103,630$11,253
Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Hepatitis with Mcc 43224$104,225$15,170
Pneumonia, with major complications 19321$128,850$10,980
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 37720$148,884$13,862
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85319$474,341$35,996
Sepsis 87219$107,429$9,480
Stroke, with major complications 06417$224,262$15,169
Lung infection, with major complications 17716$195,266$13,207
Other digestive problems, with complications 39416$86,199$8,742
Kidney failure, with complications 68314$70,510$8,046
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69814$162,418$12,957
Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Procedures with Mcc 67313$301,594$33,464
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68912$112,614$9,651
Seizures with Mcc 10011$134,673$14,752
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis with Mv >96 Hours 87011$559,527$39,806
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