US Health Care Costs

St Mary-Corwin Hospital

1008 Minnequa Ave, Pueblo, CO 81004 · (719) 557-4000

General hospitalVoluntary non-profit - ChurchNo emergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$14what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$2.4Mnet income, all sources
−8.9%margin on patient care alone
$5.0Mcost of charity care (4.6% of costs)
$2.2Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
42beds

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 87146$77,385$19,208
Hip or knee replacement 47014$103,010$19,176
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37812$44,703$10,616
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85312$183,953$48,046
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".