US Health Care Costs

Banner North Colorado Medical Center

1801 16th St, Greeley, CO 80631 · (970) 810-4121

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

The money

$28what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$12.4Mnet income, all sources
−6.4%margin on patient care alone
$7.3Mcost of charity care (2.7% of costs)
$11.2Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
182beds

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 871126$42,372$17,475
Heart failure, with major complications 29171$34,692$11,870
Heart procedure through a catheter (e.g. ablation, valve clip) 27432$105,788$27,029
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85331$146,214$44,485
Pneumonia, with major complications 19327$30,044$11,911
Lung infection, with major complications 17726$38,731$15,122
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37821$30,188$9,522
Sepsis 87219$23,984$10,652
COPD, with major complications 19017$24,948$10,367
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 37717$45,417$16,039
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48117$89,687$18,364
Kidney failure, with major complications 68216$43,039$13,826
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69816$23,401$14,181
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06515$29,498$9,669
Heart stent 32215$78,007$18,398
Bowel surgery, with complications 33014$95,648$21,585
Respiratory failure 18913$28,760$12,682
Heart stent, with major complications or 4+ stents 32113$97,395$23,618
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64013$45,369$12,130
Kidney failure, with complications 68313$29,623$8,901
Stroke, with major complications 06412$32,999$15,706
Bowel surgery, with major complications 32911$100,125$38,410
Back problems (no surgery) 55211$20,548$8,888
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64111$24,326$7,840
Infectious and Parasitic Diseases with O.r. Procedures with Cc 85411$68,426$17,937
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