US Health Care Costs

Banner Ironwood Medical Center

37000 North Gantzel Road, Queen Creek, AZ 85140 · (480) 394-4000

General hospitalVoluntary non-profit - PrivateEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$19what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$25.8Mnet income, all sources
9.6%margin on patient care alone
$2.9Mcost of charity care (2.7% of costs)
$5.8Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
89beds

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
Sepsis, with major complications 871161$54,870$14,424
Heart failure, with major complications 29143$56,248$10,606
Sepsis 87235$43,157$10,742
Lung infection, with major complications 17733$59,419$14,100
Pneumonia, with major complications 19329$39,420$10,279
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48119$71,470$15,152
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85317$117,041$41,241
COPD, with major complications 19014$50,090$9,620
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37814$44,696$8,473
Stomach and digestive disorders 39214$45,802$7,211
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68913$40,410$9,260
Bowel obstruction, with complications 38911$22,408$6,646
Stomach and digestive disorders, with major complications 39111$62,346$10,037
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with major complications 48011$84,529$23,599
Kidney failure, with complications 68311$37,338$7,316
Urinary tract infection 69011$29,028$8,323
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