US Health Care Costs

St Peters Health

2475 Broadway, Helena, MT 59601 · (406) 442-2480

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

The money

$48what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$2.3Mnet income, all sources
−10.1%margin on patient care alone
$5.1Mcost of charity care (1.9% of costs)
$12.8Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
125beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending May 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 871143$43,376$16,101
Pneumonia, with major complications 19389$36,220$10,729
Heart failure, with major complications 29187$29,356$10,385
Lung infection, with major complications 17762$35,880$13,707
Psychoses 88558$17,789$10,615
COPD, with major complications 19046$31,896$9,311
Sepsis 87237$24,439$7,917
Stomach and digestive disorders 39235$17,885$6,250
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64133$23,246$7,496
Kidney failure, with complications 68329$21,189$6,922
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30928$17,806$5,795
Urinary tract infection 69028$20,053$6,275
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06527$26,009$8,034
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48126$48,998$15,855
Heart stent 32223$60,001$14,801
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37823$22,831$7,729
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60323$20,001$6,837
Bowel obstruction, with complications 38922$19,426$6,559
Kidney failure, with major complications 68219$36,625$11,578
Lung infection, with complications 17817$16,953$7,638
Heart attack, with complications 28117$20,898$7,043
Bowel surgery, with complications 33017$38,007$18,796
Back problems (no surgery) 55217$31,825$8,832
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 30816$38,871$9,120
Hip or knee replacement 47016$39,830$14,352
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 52216$51,571$17,289
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64016$23,327$10,131
Signs and Symptoms Without Mcc 94816$17,908$6,247
Respiratory failure 18915$29,125$9,543
Irregular heartbeat 31015$12,823$4,507
Diabetes, with complications 63815$20,149$6,973
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69815$26,901$12,785
Gastrointestinal Obstruction Without Cc/Mcc 39014$12,734$4,499
Degenerative nerve disorders (e.g. Parkinson's, dementia) 05713$42,294$12,287
Seizures with Mcc 10013$38,960$15,297
Seizures 10113$19,570$7,027
Fainting 31213$24,743$6,980
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction Without Cc/Mcc 06612$22,912$6,178
Stroke, with major complications 06411$29,219$15,170
Other Cerebrovascular Disorders with Cc 07111$22,173$8,084
High blood pressure 30511$18,622$5,942
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 37711$31,812$13,798
Other kidney and urinary problems, with complications 69911$17,951$7,908
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85311$126,554$46,243

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