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Median commercial negotiated rate by hospital, from each hospital's own disclosure file. The same procedure spans a 10.3× price range across 41 Colorado hospitals. Open in the explorer → — filter by insurer or region, map it, or compare hospitals side by side.

How to read “% of Medicare” Medicare’s payment is a hospital-specific benchmark built from CMS files — adjusted for local wages and case complexity, and roughly pegged to the cost of care. A commercial rate at 300% means a private plan pays about triple that benchmark for the same care at the same hospital. The gap is negotiation, not quality. Full methodology →
Median commercial negotiated rate Medicare benchmark
$29,823
$149,684
$149,922
$177,886
$186,279
$208,468
$225,705
$283,217

The part you don’t feel

Intermountain Health St. Mary'S Regional Hospital $307,581vsSt Elizabeth Hospital $29,823 what you pay what your plan pays
Deductible not metearly in the plan year
Intermountain Health St. Mary'S Regional Hospital
St Elizabeth Hospital
$277,758you feel all of it
Deductible met20% coinsurance
Intermountain Health St. Mary'S Regional Hospital
St Elizabeth Hospital
$55,552$222,206 invisible to you
Out-of-pocket max reacheda bad year, or a big surgery
Intermountain Health St. Mary'S Regional Hospital
St Elizabeth Hospital
$0the market goes blind

The gap is $277,758 in every row. The only thing that changes is how much of it reaches the person choosing. Nobody hid the price — the deductible structure hides the difference, and a difference nobody feels is a difference nobody shops. Illustration uses a 20% coinsurance plan with no separate facility or professional bill; your own plan governs.

Detail (click headers to sort, or “why” for cost vs price)

HospitalCommercial medianMedicare% of MedicareEst. cost*Plan rows
St Elizabeth Hospital$29,823———1
UCHealth Pikes Peak Regional Hospital$112,052———6
UCHealth Broomfield Hospital$126,663———10
CommonSpirit St Anthony Hospital$130,193———15
CommonSpirit St Anthony North Health Campus$130,193———14
San Luis Valley Regional Medical Center$130,747———1
San Luis Valley Health Conejos County Hospital$130,747———1
Animas Surgical Hospital$140,887———1
Orthocolorado Hosp At St Anthony Med Campus$145,220———11
Longmont United Hospital$149,684———10
CommonSpirit Penrose St Francis Health Services$149,684———12
St Francis Hospital - Interquest$149,684———12
HCA HealthONE Swedish Medical Center$149,803———9
HCA HealthONE Mountain Ridge$149,803———9
The Medical Center Of Aurora & South Hospital$149,803———9
Sky Ridge Medical Center$149,803———9
HCA HealthONE Presbyterian St. Lukes$149,922———9
HCA HealthONE Rose$149,922———9
Banner North Co Medical Center - Loveland Campus$152,391———5
UCHealth Grandview Hospital$156,647———14
St Anthony Summit Medical Center$176,393———6
Parkview Medical Center$177,886———12
St Mary-Corwin Hospital$180,337———3
UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital$182,479———11
Longs Peak Hospital$186,279———12
UCHealth Memorial Hospital$199,740———14
Good Samaritan Medical Center$205,830———43
Intermountain Health Lutheran Hospital$207,513———46
Intermountain Saint Joseph Hospital$207,513———44
Boulder Community Health$208,468———13
UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital$210,237———18
Denver Health$225,705———2
St Thomas More Hospital$226,061———2
Intermountain Health Platte Valley Hospital$233,457———31
Banner North Colorado Medical Center$243,304———5
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center$243,893———5
Mercy Regional Medical Center$259,321———5
Poudre Valley Hospital$283,217———8
Medical Center Of The Rockies$283,217———8
UCHealth Greeley Hospital$287,693———9
Intermountain Health St. Mary'S Regional Hospital$307,581———21

*Cost estimates use hospital-level cost-to-charge ratios from federal cost reports and are approximate; ~ marks categories (imaging, labs) where they are least precise. "Plan rows" is how many distinct plan rates the hospital published; medians over more rows are sturdier.
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Rexroad Analytics · Data: hospital machine-readable files (45 CFR 180, schema v3.0) retrieved August 21–22, 2026; Medicare benchmarks from CMS claims data and fee schedules; cost estimates from FY2026 CMS cost-report ratios, labeled as estimates. Not medical, legal, or benefits advice. Full methodology → · The American Healthcare Conundrum →