US Health Care Costs

Longs Peak Hospital

1750 E Ken Pratt Blvd, Longmont, CO 80504 · (720) 718-3005

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

The money

$12what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$871,224net income, all sources
5.4%margin on patient care alone
$8.6Mcost of charity care (5.0% of costs)
$9.5Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
83beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending June 2025. 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 87178$107,031$14,887
Heart failure, with major complications 29145$51,644$10,386
Lung infection, with major complications 17738$86,151$12,410
Pneumonia, with major complications 19328$78,627$10,109
Lung infection, with complications 17820$52,433$7,663
Bowel obstruction, with complications 38920$43,664$6,484
Stomach and digestive disorders 39220$60,237$6,864
Kidney failure, with complications 68320$53,475$7,088
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48119$104,852$15,076
Pneumonia, with complications 19418$41,840$6,446
Heart stent 32217$138,233$14,461
Heart stent, with major complications or 4+ stents 32116$216,590$21,803
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37816$67,978$7,402
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64015$59,121$9,793
Urinary tract infection 69015$54,723$6,429
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06514$57,347$7,769
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 30814$72,076$10,335
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60314$53,860$6,962
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85314$214,964$35,309
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 37713$89,215$13,197
Kidney failure, with major complications 68213$77,043$10,500
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69813$72,654$12,416
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68912$62,486$8,587
Pulmonary Embolism with Mcc or Acute Cor Pulmonale 17511$80,874$10,473
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