Colorado

Major joint replacement (hip/knee), with MCCMS-DRG 469Orthopedics

Median commercial negotiated rate by hospital, from each hospital's own disclosure file. The same procedure spans a 3.2× price range across 41 Colorado hospitals.

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
$35,791
$57,757
$76,059

Detail (click headers to sort)

HospitalCommercial medianMedicare% of MedicareEst. cost*Plan rows
St Elizabeth Hospital$29,823$22,346133%1
San Luis Valley Regional Medical Center$30,022$22,346134%2
San Luis Valley Health Conejos County Hospital$30,022$22,346134%2
The Medical Center Of Aurora & South Hospital$33,962$22,346152%12
Sky Ridge Medical Center$33,962$22,045154%12
UCHealth Pikes Peak Regional Hospital$34,742$22,346155%6
HCA HealthONE Presbyterian St. Lukes$35,590$22,346159%12
HCA HealthONE Swedish Medical Center$35,590$22,346159%12
HCA HealthONE Rose$35,791$22,346160%11
UCHealth Broomfield Hospital$39,272$22,346176%10
HCA HealthONE Mountain Ridge$41,501$22,346186%8
Animas Surgical Hospital$47,716$22,346214%1
UCHealth Grandview Hospital$48,569$22,346217%14
CommonSpirit St Anthony Hospital$49,233$22,346220%16
CommonSpirit St Anthony North Health Campus$49,233$22,346220%16
St Anthony Summit Medical Center$49,233$22,346220%16
Banner North Colorado Medical Center$51,613$22,346231%5
Banner North Co Medical Center - Loveland Campus$51,613$22,346231%5
Orthocolorado Hosp At St Anthony Med Campus$54,104$22,346242%12
UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital$56,578$22,346253%11
Parkview Medical Center$56,600$22,346253%11
Longs Peak Hospital$57,757$22,346258%12
Longmont United Hospital$58,777$22,346263%10
St Mary-Corwin Hospital$61,350$22,346275%5
Boulder Community Health$61,396$22,346275%13
CommonSpirit Penrose St Francis Health Services$61,553$22,346275%13
St Francis Hospital - Interquest$61,553$22,346275%13
Good Samaritan Medical Center$63,819$22,346286%43
Intermountain Health Lutheran Hospital$64,340$22,346288%46
Intermountain Saint Joseph Hospital$64,340$22,346288%44
UCHealth Memorial Hospital$65,185$22,346292%18
UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital$65,185$84,54977%18
Intermountain Health Platte Valley Hospital$72,384$22,346324%31
Denver Health$76,059$22,346340%2
St Thomas More Hospital$76,565$22,346343%2
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center$82,603$22,346370%5
Poudre Valley Hospital$87,813$22,346393%8
Medical Center Of The Rockies$87,813$22,346393%8
UCHealth Greeley Hospital$89,200$22,346399%9
Mercy Regional Medical Center$93,848$22,346420%5
Intermountain Health St. Mary'S Regional Hospital$95,367$22,346427%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.
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 →