US Health Care Costs

Broadlawns Medical Center

1801 Hickman Road, Des Moines, IA 50314 · (515) 282-2200

General hospitalGovernment - LocalEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$46what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$59.9Mnet income, all sources
−18.0%margin on patient care alone
$5.5Mcost of charity care (3.3% of costs)
$16.3Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
113beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending June 2025.

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
Psychoses 88559$54,785$23,926
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence Without Rehabilitation Therapy Without Mcc 89722$35,681$15,567
Respiratory failure 18911$29,298$15,926
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".