US Health Care Costs

Great Plains Health

601 West Leota St, North Platte, NE 69101 · (308) 568-8000

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

The money

$29what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$300.4Mnet income, all sources
$4.2Mcost of charity care (2.0% of costs)
$6.8Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
96beds

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
Heart failure, with major complications 29194$47,716$10,278
Sepsis, with major complications 87189$72,298$15,766
Pneumonia, with major complications 19373$54,945$11,459
Lung infection, with major complications 17750$59,258$12,881
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64036$32,535$10,140
Stomach and digestive disorders 39235$32,714$6,051
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30932$28,268$5,745
Urinary tract infection 69032$29,898$6,222
Respiratory failure 18931$39,895$9,863
Hip or knee replacement 47025$86,129$16,275
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64124$27,622$6,038
Heart attack, with major complications 28023$52,548$12,309
Pneumonia, with complications 19422$31,614$6,326
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48122$79,578$15,928
Heart stent 32221$108,121$16,841
Heart attack, with complications 28120$36,225$7,030
Kidney failure, with complications 68320$36,746$6,929
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06519$38,872$7,827
Lung infection, with complications 17819$39,599$7,671
COPD, with major complications 19019$38,949$8,506
Sepsis 87219$41,806$7,958
Bowel surgery, with complications 33018$97,849$18,179
Back problems (no surgery) 55218$34,969$7,416
Heart catheterization 28717$49,039$8,300
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 52217$80,191$16,257
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60317$30,541$6,802
Kidney failure, with major complications 68216$38,723$11,575
Fainting 31215$25,890$8,401
Mini-stroke (TIA) 06914$29,245$6,190
Pulmonary Embolism with Mcc or Acute Cor Pulmonale 17514$40,008$13,447
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 30814$35,694$9,276
Bowel obstruction, with complications 38914$26,828$6,150
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68914$74,340$18,647
Anemia and blood disorders, with major complications 81114$55,343$10,779
Breathing problem needing a ventilator (up to 4 days) 20813$119,849$23,278
Heart catheterization, with major complications 28613$92,768$16,854
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Cc 31513$39,843$8,645
Heart stent, with major complications or 4+ stents 32113$143,863$22,024
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 37712$48,477$13,794
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69812$49,069$12,897
Stroke, with major complications 06411$59,288$15,406
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37811$35,929$7,612

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