US Health Care Costs

Wayne Memorial Hospital

865 South First Street, Jesup, GA 31545 · (912) 427-6811

General hospitalGovernment - Hospital District or AuthorityEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$25what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$8.9Mnet income, all sources
−16.6%margin on patient care alone
$6.0Mcost of charity care (8.0% of costs)
$10.9Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
88beds

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
Urinary tract infection 69036$20,730$7,692
Sepsis, with major complications 87124$42,737$17,339
Pneumonia, with complications 19421$27,000$7,790
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68919$22,777$11,820
Anemia and blood disorders 81219$16,958$8,339
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64117$14,784$7,516
Lung infection, with major complications 17713$36,172$14,720
Pneumonia, with major complications 19313$28,558$11,646
Heart Failure and Shock with Cc 29213$24,371$7,990
Sepsis 87213$33,644$9,168
Signs and Symptoms Without Mcc 94812$19,708$7,552
Respiratory failure 18911$39,946$10,941
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy Without Cc/Mcc 19511$19,802$6,466
Chest pain 31311$18,381$7,232
Stomach and digestive disorders 39211$20,866$7,628
Kidney failure, with complications 68311$25,012$8,374
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