US Health Care Costs

Wilkes Regional Medical Center

1370 West D St, North Wilkesboro, NC 28659 · (336) 651-8100

General hospitalGovernment - LocalEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$21what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$17.9Mnet income, all sources
9.0%margin on patient care alone
$2.1Mcost of charity care (1.9% of costs)
$11.8Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
77beds

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
Sepsis, with major complications 871116$42,811$14,218
Heart failure, with major complications 29144$32,092$9,779
Urinary tract infection 69024$21,651$6,759
Pneumonia, with complications 19423$29,354$7,151
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64123$23,283$6,658
Lung infection, with major complications 17722$44,434$13,875
Lung infection, with complications 17822$29,330$8,093
Pneumonia, with major complications 19322$36,911$10,099
Sepsis 87221$28,820$8,621
Respiratory failure 18920$31,200$9,546
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68916$30,541$8,662
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48115$80,803$15,322
Diabetes, with complications 63814$23,840$7,839
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64014$23,539$10,537
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06513$28,763$8,821
COPD, with major complications 19013$24,599$8,017
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30913$18,000$6,398
Fainting 31213$26,597$7,378
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37813$37,656$8,758
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60313$25,673$7,287
Kidney failure, with complications 68313$24,102$7,328
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