US Health Care Costs

Intermountain Health Cedar City Hospital

1303 North Main Street, Cedar City, UT 84721 · (435) 868-5800

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

The money

$26what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$47.6Mnet income, all sources
29.1%margin on patient care alone
$4.1Mcost of charity care (4.5% of costs)
$6.8Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
48beds

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$34,937$17,579
Pneumonia, with major complications 19328$24,086$11,719
Sepsis 87214$23,760$10,056
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48112$42,040$17,702
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 52212$56,321$18,170
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37811$31,095$9,060
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".