US Health Care Costs

Multicare Valley Hospital

12606 East Mission Avenue, Spokane Valley, WA 99216 · (509) 924-6650

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

The money

$23what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$7.3Mnet income, all sources
−7.8%margin on patient care alone
$6.7Mcost of charity care (3.5% of costs)
$7.1Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
123beds

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 871166$45,161$15,601
Heart failure, with major complications 29170$31,553$10,454
Pneumonia, with major complications 19346$37,855$10,668
Sepsis 87234$32,872$9,781
Respiratory failure 18929$23,585$10,572
Heart attack, with major complications 28029$34,160$11,710
Kidney failure, with major complications 68228$35,462$11,706
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85326$126,824$37,488
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69824$43,363$12,918
Lung infection, with major complications 17723$36,540$12,928
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37823$34,337$8,793
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48122$76,916$16,434
Kidney failure, with complications 68320$28,621$8,903
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68919$27,564$9,612
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 52217$80,925$16,802
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 37715$39,364$13,996
Urinary tract infection 69014$25,208$6,985
Bowel surgery, with complications 33013$108,784$17,735
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with major complications 48013$102,201$22,196
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06512$38,065$9,188
Hip or knee replacement 47012$102,743$18,820
Bowel obstruction, with complications 38911$26,213$6,843
Stomach and digestive disorders 39211$23,827$6,740
Anemia and blood disorders, with major complications 81111$53,245$11,570
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