US Health Care Costs

Winston Medical Center

17550 East Main Street, Louisville, MS 39339 · (662) 779-5124

General hospitalVoluntary non-profit - PrivateEmergency roomCMS rating Not rated

The money

$62what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$1.6Mnet income, all sources
−12.3%margin on patient care alone
$885,519cost of charity care (3.0% of costs)
$997,839unpaid bills written off (bad debt)
14beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending December 2024. Non-profit hospitals must have a financial assistance (charity care) policy; ask for it if a bill is hard to pay.

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 complications 19415$11,630$8,499
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60314$7,964$8,863
Urinary tract infection 69013$11,223$8,272
Cash and insurer prices for this hospital haven't been added yet. Every US hospital must publish them; search the hospital's website for "price transparency" or "standard charges".