US Health Care Costs

Wythe County Community Hospital

600 West Ridge Road, Wytheville, VA 24382 · (276) 228-0200

General hospitalProprietaryEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$10what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$7.2Mnet income, all sources
8.3%margin on patient care alone
$710,797cost of charity care (1.7% of costs)
$5.0Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
92beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending October 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 87194$62,102$17,212
Heart failure, with major complications 29124$45,354$11,419
Sepsis 87222$59,576$9,217
Pneumonia, with major complications 19320$52,573$11,539
Heart attack, with major complications 28015$40,309$13,947
Respiratory failure 18911$39,631$10,941
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 30811$55,204$10,554
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