US Health Care Costs

Valley View Hospital Association

1906 Blake Ave, Glenwood Springs, CO 81601 · (970) 945-6535

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

The money

$31what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$51.7Mnet income, all sources
−0.6%margin on patient care alone
$8.9Mcost of charity care (4.4% of costs)
$6.8Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
37beds

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
Heart procedure through a catheter (e.g. ablation, valve clip) 27468$112,799$32,735
Sepsis, with major complications 87168$66,286$20,147
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37832$33,804$9,983
Heart failure, with major complications 29131$40,927$12,756
Respiratory failure 18921$48,354$12,142
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30917$36,196$7,374
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69816$44,157$16,366
Pneumonia, with major complications 19315$47,250$13,131
Sepsis 87215$33,720$10,147
Lung infection, with major complications 17714$55,746$16,980
Heart attack, with complications 28114$41,870$9,091
Heart stent 32214$111,942$18,843
COPD, with major complications 19013$40,733$11,087
Irregular heartbeat 31012$30,284$5,550
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64112$37,590$7,747
Heart attack, with major complications 28011$76,682$16,502
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64011$45,506$13,159
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".