Intermountain Health Lutheran Hospital

8300 W 38th Ave, Wheat Ridge, CO 80033 · (303) 425-4500

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

The money

$17what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed

−$115.6Mnet income, all sources

−18.4%margin on patient care alone

$11.2Mcost of charity care (2.7% of costs)

$14.1Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)

235beds

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)

Stay	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Sepsis, with major complications 871	189	$111,334	$15,865
Heart failure, with major complications 291	73	$73,878	$9,995
Pneumonia, with major complications 193	39	$66,541	$11,011
Sepsis 872	39	$59,018	$7,992
Lung infection, with major complications 177	34	$90,539	$13,369
Stroke, with major complications 064	33	$104,396	$15,620
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 698	32	$75,767	$12,375
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 481	31	$140,658	$15,300
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 853	29	$274,082	$46,095
Respiratory failure 189	28	$78,199	$11,112
COPD, with major complications 190	26	$79,292	$8,441
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 065	25	$64,866	$7,688
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 378	23	$63,903	$8,708
Heart procedure through a catheter (e.g. ablation, valve clip) 274	21	$228,060	$23,505
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 377	20	$96,577	$12,911
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 689	18	$52,149	$9,515
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 522	17	$107,344	$16,767
Urinary tract infection 690	17	$49,990	$6,326
Pulmonary Embolism with Mcc or Acute Cor Pulmonale 175	15	$70,263	$10,451
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 640	15	$78,197	$10,939
Kidney failure, with complications 683	15	$69,865	$8,003
Craniotomy with Major Device Implant or Acute Complex Cns Principal Diagnosis with Mcc O 023	14	$278,765	$39,081
Heart attack, with major complications 280	14	$94,305	$11,805
Extensive O.r. Procedures Unrelated to Principal Diagnosis with Mcc 981	13	$238,248	$36,803
Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures with Mcc 025	12	$251,837	$32,888
Stomach and digestive disorders 392	12	$50,552	$6,271
Skin infection (cellulitis) 603	12	$51,273	$6,928
Major Chest Trauma with Cc 184	11	$63,850	$7,929
Heart stent 322	11	$131,115	$13,718
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 641	11	$43,804	$6,260
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence Without Rehabilitation Therapy with Mcc 896	11	$85,089	$12,729

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