US Health Care Costs

Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital

1801 N Jackson St Box 460, Tullahoma, TN 37388 · (931) 393-3000

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

The money

$15what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$10.9Mnet income, all sources
−11.3%margin on patient care alone
$10.3Mcost of charity care (9.6% of costs)
$3.2Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
86beds

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 871202$83,388$13,549
Heart failure, with major complications 29198$52,178$8,890
Heart attack, with major complications 28041$65,230$11,061
Sepsis 87237$42,201$7,244
Urinary tract infection 69034$37,273$5,870
Kidney failure, with major complications 68232$51,107$10,108
Pneumonia, with major complications 19331$69,762$9,178
Lung infection, with major complications 17729$63,277$11,403
COPD, with major complications 19028$47,012$7,674
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64128$29,738$5,651
Kidney failure, with complications 68326$32,496$6,377
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30925$35,785$5,441
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69825$85,152$11,602
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64023$58,167$9,032
Respiratory failure 18922$63,667$8,585
Stomach and digestive disorders 39221$37,528$5,694
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68920$44,094$8,061
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 30819$55,142$8,302
Heart attack, with complications 28118$58,004$8,330
Heart catheterization 28717$60,994$7,610
Anemia and blood disorders, with major complications 81117$58,484$9,696
Pneumonia, with complications 19416$31,075$5,913
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37816$38,311$6,895
Fracture or sprain (not hip or thigh) 56316$45,636$6,404
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48115$95,602$14,108
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85315$148,053$33,141
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06513$52,541$7,185
Fainting 31213$47,388$6,231
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 52213$107,027$14,366
Anemia and blood disorders 81212$28,482$6,525
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60311$39,032$6,367

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