US Health Care Costs

Intermountain Health Alta View Hospital

9660 South 1300 East, Sandy, UT 84094 · (801) 501-2600

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

The money

$25what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$12.7Mnet income, all sources
6.6%margin on patient care alone
$3.9Mcost of charity care (3.6% of costs)
$8.9Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
57beds

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 87154$38,255$14,637
Pneumonia, with major complications 19327$23,848$10,822
Lung infection, with major complications 17722$28,888$12,425
Heart failure, with major complications 29120$28,588$9,880
Sepsis 87216$26,417$8,214
Respiratory failure 18914$28,855$10,035
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37813$22,368$8,214
Urinary tract infection 69013$25,468$6,804
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".