US Health Care Costs

Denver Health & Hospital Authority

777 Bannock St, Denver, CO 80204 · (303) 436-4927

General hospitalGovernment - StateEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$25what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$52.9Mnet income, all sources
−6.9%margin on patient care alone
$82.7Mcost of charity care (8.9% of costs)
$51.2Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
387beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending December 2024.

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 87184$68,584$25,737
Heart failure, with major complications 29125$65,652$18,765
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64025$52,508$19,642
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85325$101,597$50,397
Respiratory failure 18921$28,693$18,430
Stroke, with major complications 06417$123,607$25,722
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with major complications 48017$177,797$34,862
Lung infection, with major complications 17716$63,019$21,272
Pulmonary Embolism with Mcc or Acute Cor Pulmonale 17515$59,317$20,454
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence Without Rehabilitation Therapy with Mcc 89614$42,860$24,631
Pneumonia, with major complications 19312$35,199$19,327
Heart attack, with major complications 28012$63,575$22,804
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48112$102,345$26,125
Fainting 31211$28,238$15,025
Sepsis 87211$33,958$16,639
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