US Health Care Costs

Lds Hospital

8th Avenue and C Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84143 · (801) 408-1100

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

The money

$27what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$9.6Mnet income, all sources
−1.8%margin on patient care alone
$12.2Mcost of charity care (4.3% of costs)
$19.1Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
256beds

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 871102$59,637$16,872
Psychoses 88591$66,894$17,919
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement with Cc 46734$94,668$26,111
Hip or knee replacement 47034$53,595$16,322
Bowel surgery, with complications 33031$59,475$19,552
Sepsis 87226$22,785$10,357
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence Without Rehabilitation Therapy Without Mcc 89723$40,767$9,339
Lung infection, with major complications 17722$54,392$14,875
Respiratory failure 18920$42,942$11,879
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85320$104,295$34,424
Pneumonia, with major complications 19317$28,725$12,187
Heart failure, with major complications 29116$42,017$12,002
Acute Leukemia with Mcc 83414$292,105$71,438
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37811$32,450$10,167
Kidney failure, with major complications 68211$43,964$12,813
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".