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Median commercial negotiated rate by hospital, from each hospital's own disclosure file. The same procedure spans a 6.7× 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
$6,000
$13,575
$24,773
$29,823

The part you don’t feel

St Elizabeth Hospital $29,823vsHCA HealthONE Presbyterian St. Lukes $4,466 what you pay what your plan pays
Deductible not metearly in the plan year
St Elizabeth Hospital
HCA HealthONE Presbyterian St. Lukes
$25,358you feel all of it
Deductible met20% coinsurance
St Elizabeth Hospital
HCA HealthONE Presbyterian St. Lukes
$5,072$20,286 invisible to you
Out-of-pocket max reacheda bad year, or a big surgery
St Elizabeth Hospital
HCA HealthONE Presbyterian St. Lukes
$0the market goes blind

The gap is $25,358 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
HCA HealthONE Presbyterian St. Lukes$4,466———8
HCA HealthONE Swedish Medical Center$4,466———8
Sky Ridge Medical Center$5,003———8
The Medical Center Of Aurora & South Hospital$5,762———8
HCA HealthONE Rose$6,000———7
HCA HealthONE Mountain Ridge$7,200———4
UCHealth Pikes Peak Regional Hospital$8,247———6
UCHealth Broomfield Hospital$9,322———10
CommonSpirit St Anthony Hospital$9,439———10
San Luis Valley Regional Medical Center$9,623———1
San Luis Valley Health Conejos County Hospital$9,623———1
Longmont United Hospital$9,624———5
CommonSpirit Penrose St Francis Health Services$9,624———7
CommonSpirit St Anthony North Health Campus$9,624———9
St Francis Hospital - Interquest$9,624———7
Animas Surgical Hospital$10,414———1
Orthocolorado Hosp At St Anthony Med Campus$10,988———10
UCHealth Grandview Hospital$11,529———14
St Mary-Corwin Hospital$13,329———3
UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital$13,430———11
Longs Peak Hospital$13,575———12
Parkview Medical Center$14,142———11
Boulder Community Health$14,574———13
UCHealth Memorial Hospital$15,113———14
Good Samaritan Medical Center$15,149———43
St Anthony Summit Medical Center$15,200———6
Intermountain Health Lutheran Hospital$15,273———46
Intermountain Saint Joseph Hospital$15,273———44
UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital$15,473———18
St Thomas More Hospital$16,709———2
Intermountain Health Platte Valley Hospital$17,182———31
Banner North Colorado Medical Center$17,216———5
Banner North Co Medical Center - Loveland Campus$17,216———5
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center$17,258———5
Poudre Valley Hospital$20,844———8
Medical Center Of The Rockies$20,844———8
UCHealth Greeley Hospital$21,174———9
Intermountain Health St. Mary'S Regional Hospital$22,638———21
Mercy Regional Medical Center$24,550———2
Denver Health$24,773———2
St Elizabeth Hospital$29,823———1

*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 →