US Health Care Costs

Respiratory failure in Utah

MS-DRG 189: Pulmonary edema and respiratory failure

$43,556typical hospital bill
$10,965typical amount paid
$9,782–$15,993range paid across 14 hospitals

Utah hospitals billed Medicare a typical $43,556 for this stay in 2024, about 4.0 times what was actually paid. Medicare's payment depends mostly on the hospital's location and teaching role; the bill depends on the hospital's own price list, so bills vary far more than payments.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaid
Ogden Regional Medical CenterOgden17$45,980$9,782
Intermountain Health Logan Regional HospitalLogan18$44,749$9,813
Intermountain Health Alta View HospitalSandy14$28,855$10,035
Castleview HospitalPrice11$31,833$10,249
St. George Regional HospitalSt George71$45,448$10,407
St Mark's HospitalSalt Lake City41$56,698$10,582
Intermountain Health Riverton HospitalRiverton17$35,838$10,913
Intermountain Health Utah Valley HospitalProvo33$44,171$11,016
Lds HospitalSalt Lake City20$42,942$11,879
Holy Cross Hospital-Jordan ValleyWest Jordan16$40,551$11,942
Uintah Basin Medical CenterRoosevelt29$27,550$12,101
Intermountain Health McKay-Dee HospitalOgden29$58,989$12,853
University of Utah Hospital and ClinicsSalt Lake City28$33,847$14,136
Intermountain Medical CenterMurray70$62,030$15,993

Medicare: CMS, 2024 (hospitals with 11 or more Medicare stays). Cash and insurer prices: hospitals' own price files, where read; insurer figures are commercial plans only, median and 10th–90th percentile across plans.