US Health Care Costs

Volunteer Community Hospital

161 Mount Pelia Rd, Martin, TN 38237 · (731) 479-6057

General hospitalProprietaryEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$25what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$1.2Mnet income, all sources
1.8%margin on patient care alone
$948,979cost of charity care (3.2% of costs)
$3.3Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
20beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending June 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 87131$30,157$13,435
Respiratory failure 18917$32,450$8,884
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