US Health Care Costs

Wetzel County Hospital

#3 East Benjamin Drive, New Martinsville, WV 26155 · (304) 455-8000

General hospitalGovernment - LocalEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$21what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$2.7Mnet income, all sources
5.0%margin on patient care alone
$213,413cost of charity care (0.7% of costs)
$2.6Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
25beds

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)

StayMedicare staysBilledPaid
Pneumonia, with major complications 19324$76,396$10,342
Sepsis, with major complications 87122$54,774$13,081
COPD, with major complications 19017$80,605$7,585
Heart failure, with major complications 29113$49,181$8,392
Lung infection, with major complications 17711$65,599$11,742
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