US Health Care Costs

Longmont United Hospital

1950 Mountain View Ave, Longmont, CO 80501 · (303) 651-5111

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

The money

$18what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$23.8Mnet income, all sources
−34.6%margin on patient care alone
$7.9Mcost of charity care (8.0% of costs)
$5.3Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
127beds

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 87163$83,236$15,095
Heart failure, with major complications 29134$61,865$10,623
Respiratory failure 18916$68,204$10,514
Sepsis 87216$55,800$10,512
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48113$95,661$16,169
Pneumonia, with major complications 19312$56,347$10,784
Heart attack, with major complications 28012$50,353$13,051
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".