Walker Baptist Medical Center

3400 Highway 78 East, Jasper, AL 35502 · (205) 387-4000

General hospitalProprietaryEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

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

$22.9Mnet income, all sources

15.1%margin on patient care alone

$7.4Mcost of charity care (7.8% of costs)

$10.5Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)

207beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending December 2024.

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	105	$112,692	$13,033
Heart failure, with major complications 291	60	$69,051	$8,819
Pneumonia, with major complications 193	36	$76,369	$9,549
Urinary tract infection 690	30	$58,953	$6,568
Kidney failure, with major complications 682	28	$82,819	$9,361
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 689	25	$61,793	$6,752
Kidney failure, with complications 683	22	$48,402	$7,385
Lung infection, with major complications 177	21	$60,061	$10,186
Stomach and digestive disorders 392	21	$62,483	$6,243
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion with Cc 454	21	$457,945	$44,116
Respiratory failure 189	20	$52,889	$8,507
Heart attack, with major complications 280	19	$74,385	$10,197
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 481	17	$154,296	$14,352
Sepsis 872	17	$67,895	$7,628
COPD, with major complications 190	16	$59,236	$8,028
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 522	15	$212,372	$13,777
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 640	15	$78,496	$7,731
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 698	15	$95,615	$10,883
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 065	14	$80,285	$7,628
Back problems (no surgery) 552	14	$74,243	$7,209
Diabetes, with complications 638	14	$39,829	$7,375
Fainting 312	13	$62,953	$7,118
Skin infection (cellulitis) 603	13	$51,759	$6,688
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 641	13	$55,863	$5,926

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