US Health Care Costs

Lovelace Women's Hospital

4701 Montgomery Boulevard NE, Albuquerque, NM 87109 · (505) 727-7805

General hospitalProprietaryEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$12what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$54.4Mnet income, all sources
17.6%margin on patient care alone
$2.3Mcost of charity care (1.4% of costs)
$6.7Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
162beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending April 2025.

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 87158$87,351$14,867
Pneumonia, with major complications 19323$71,150$9,427
Heart failure, with major complications 29119$53,610$9,491
Lung infection, with major complications 17718$78,310$13,121
Sepsis 87216$65,587$8,245
Kidney and Ureter Procedures for Non-Neoplasm Without Cc/Mcc 66114$80,260$8,836
Kidney and Ureter Procedures for Non-Neoplasm with Cc 66013$89,505$11,056
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69812$100,518$11,997
Hip or knee replacement 47011$128,805$13,992
Kidney failure, with complications 68311$48,634$6,546
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