US Health Care Costs

Community Hospital

2351 'g' Rd, Grand Junction, CO 81505 · (970) 644-3011

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

The money

$22what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$7.2Mnet income, all sources
−3.1%margin on patient care alone
$487,677cost of charity care (0.3% of costs)
$9.3Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
44beds

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 87145$74,526$14,354
Heart failure, with major complications 29118$58,005$9,998
Pneumonia, with major complications 19317$58,072$10,262
Sepsis 87216$47,918$8,076
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion Without Cc/Mcc 45515$103,096$34,849
Spinal fusion (lower or mid back) 46015$89,043$26,140
Bowel surgery, with complications 33012$88,185$17,515
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement Without Cc/Mcc 46812$116,477$19,959
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".