US Health Care Costs

Plains Regional Medical Center

2100 N Martin Luther King, Jr, Blvd, Clovis, NM 88101 · (575) 769-6332

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

The money

$33what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$25.9Mnet income, all sources
4.4%margin on patient care alone
$5.8Mcost of charity care (5.8% of costs)
$886,952unpaid bills written off (bad debt)
100beds

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 871102$42,014$15,897
Lung infection, with major complications 17734$40,118$13,647
Heart failure, with major complications 29134$26,490$9,982
Respiratory failure 18932$26,475$10,406
Pneumonia, with major complications 19331$31,139$10,315
Hip or knee replacement 47028$56,574$17,147
Sepsis 87220$23,788$9,367
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60318$17,277$7,302
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64018$29,212$10,232
Stomach and digestive disorders 39214$21,416$6,853
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68914$27,986$8,872
Diabetes, with complications 63813$20,482$7,502
Urinary tract infection 69013$21,789$7,029
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48112$48,098$15,796
Kidney failure, with complications 68312$18,079$8,313
Kidney failure, with major complications 68211$30,452$11,245
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".