US Health Care Costs

Regional West Medical Center

4021 Ave B, Scottsbluff, NE 69361 · (308) 635-3711

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

The money

$23what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$17.8Mnet income, all sources
1.5%margin on patient care alone
$283,509unpaid bills written off (bad debt)
121beds

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 871121$69,253$17,755
Heart failure, with major complications 29187$45,089$11,516
Lung infection, with major complications 17753$59,168$15,132
COPD, with major complications 19037$46,172$9,856
Respiratory failure 18936$45,370$10,992
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48136$78,801$19,791
Pneumonia, with major complications 19333$47,406$11,787
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64032$45,930$12,475
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37830$42,370$9,385
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64130$37,884$6,991
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69830$55,500$14,929
Sepsis 87229$41,988$9,213
Urinary tract infection 69027$32,253$7,166
Bowel surgery, with complications 33024$115,320$24,556
Bowel obstruction, with complications 38924$32,369$8,337
Stomach and digestive disorders 39224$36,183$7,744
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06523$48,110$9,092
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85323$147,129$46,595
Pulmonary Embolism with Mcc or Acute Cor Pulmonale 17520$47,928$12,555
Fainting 31219$35,565$7,800
Stroke, with major complications 06418$73,314$17,728
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 37718$68,969$15,843
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 30817$45,240$10,679
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30917$31,453$6,643
Kidney failure, with major complications 68217$53,041$13,314
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68916$56,978$11,173
Heart attack, with major complications 28015$54,060$14,067
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60315$33,258$7,888
Kidney failure, with complications 68315$42,721$8,028
Stomach and digestive disorders, with major complications 39114$49,665$11,401
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 52214$98,817$21,603
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Without C.d.e. with Cc 41812$81,524$14,552
Cervical Spinal Fusion with Cc 47212$122,791$26,250
Pneumonia, with complications 19411$45,871$7,340
Gastrointestinal Obstruction Without Cc/Mcc 39011$22,594$5,723
Diabetes, with complications 63811$33,309$8,071
Kidney and Ureter Procedures for Non-Neoplasm with Cc 66011$73,780$12,552

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