US Health Care Costs

Northwest Specialty Hospital

1593 East Polston Avenue, Post Falls, ID 83854 · (208) 262-2300

General hospitalProprietaryNo emergency roomCMS rating Not rated

The money

$29what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$2.9Mnet income, all sources
0.2%margin on patient care alone
$6,686cost of charity care (0.0% of costs)
$515,026unpaid bills written off (bad debt)
30beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending December 2024.

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
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion with Cc 45477$241,812$50,359
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion Without Cc/Mcc 45539$182,792$34,337
Spinal fusion (lower or mid back) 46018$168,703$29,793
Multiple Level Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion Except Cervical with Cc 42716$339,056$64,301
Cervical Spinal Fusion with Cc 47216$97,564$20,388
Single Level Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion Except Cervical 40212$157,461$30,420
Bowel surgery, with complications 33011$50,077$15,597
Cervical Spinal Fusion Without Cc/Mcc 47311$92,618$16,355
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