US Health Care Costs

Good Samaritan Medical Center LLC

200 Exempla Cir, Lafayette, CO 80026 · (303) 689-4000

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

The money

$15what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$22.1Mnet income, all sources
−0.4%margin on patient care alone
$5.0Mcost of charity care (1.7% of costs)
$8.7Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
183beds

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 871119$85,437$15,079
Heart failure, with major complications 29132$62,008$9,477
Lung infection, with major complications 17727$91,882$12,263
Sepsis 87226$50,510$8,491
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69822$75,648$12,683
Pneumonia, with major complications 19321$70,402$10,335
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48120$119,131$16,288
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06514$74,357$9,004
COPD, with major complications 19014$75,415$8,330
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85314$233,857$37,860
Heart stent 32213$129,317$21,557
Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures with Mcc 02512$169,388$32,221
Pulmonary Embolism with Mcc or Acute Cor Pulmonale 17512$71,446$10,215
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68912$56,585$9,040
Respiratory failure 18911$62,325$9,741
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37811$53,288$7,460
Back problems (no surgery) 55211$49,137$7,348
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".