US Health Care Costs

Montrose Regional Health

800 S 3rd St, Montrose, CO 81401 · (970) 249-2211

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

The money

$28what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$846,888net income, all sources
−1.6%margin on patient care alone
$2.0Mcost of charity care (1.5% of costs)
$8.9Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
51beds

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 87149$40,288$15,038
Respiratory failure 18921$30,535$9,673
Heart failure, with major complications 29121$18,956$9,888
Heart stent 32221$82,079$14,251
Pneumonia, with major complications 19317$37,092$10,364
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 30814$26,397$9,484
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68914$22,042$9,211
Lung infection, with major complications 17713$43,903$12,631
Heart stent, with major complications or 4+ stents 32113$94,359$21,710
Stomach and digestive disorders 39212$21,630$6,526
Bowel surgery, with major complications 32911$105,916$33,484
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60311$20,069$7,253
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".