US Health Care Costs

Covenant Health Hobbs Hospital

5419 N Lovington Highway, Hobbs, NM 88240 · (575) 492-5000

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

The money

$21what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$4.8Mnet income, all sources
−14.2%margin on patient care alone
$6.5Mcost of charity care (13.0% of costs)
$4.1Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
27beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending June 2025. 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 87128$59,503$23,575
Lung infection, with major complications 17720$58,695$21,952
Heart failure, with major complications 29118$40,057$12,711
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".