US Health Care Costs

Monument Health Spearfish Hospital

1440 N Main St, Spearfish, SD 57783 · (605) 644-4000

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

The money

$28what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$972,060net income, all sources
0.0%margin on patient care alone
$497,616cost of charity care (0.6% of costs)
$4.7Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
20beds

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 87135$40,916$20,847
Respiratory failure 18914$37,072$13,070
Pneumonia, with major complications 19313$29,405$13,674
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64113$19,887$8,069
Heart failure, with major complications 29112$40,454$12,740
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 52211$71,796$21,749
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".