Colorado

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Median commercial negotiated rate by hospital, from each hospital's own disclosure file. The same procedure spans a 6.8× 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
$6,000
$18,125
$29,823
$30,123

Detail (click headers to sort)

HospitalCommercial medianMedicare% of MedicareEst. cost*Plan rows
HCA HealthONE Presbyterian St. Lukes$4,466$6,14273%8
HCA HealthONE Swedish Medical Center$4,466$6,43069%8
Sky Ridge Medical Center$5,003$5,73387%8
HCA HealthONE Rose$6,000$6,60291%7
The Medical Center Of Aurora & South Hospital$6,174$6,28898%8
HCA HealthONE Mountain Ridge$9,316$7,479125%4
San Luis Valley Regional Medical Center$9,515$6,142155%2
San Luis Valley Health Conejos County Hospital$9,515$6,142155%2
UCHealth Pikes Peak Regional Hospital$11,011$6,142179%6
UCHealth Broomfield Hospital$12,446$6,142203%10
CommonSpirit St Anthony Hospital$12,752$6,333201%10
CommonSpirit St Anthony North Health Campus$12,752$6,142208%10
St Anthony Summit Medical Center$12,752$6,142208%10
Longmont United Hospital$13,002$6,142212%5
CommonSpirit Penrose St Francis Health Services$13,002$6,078214%7
St Francis Hospital - Interquest$13,002$6,142212%7
Animas Surgical Hospital$14,070$6,142229%1
Orthocolorado Hosp At St Anthony Med Campus$14,845$6,142242%10
UCHealth Grandview Hospital$15,393$6,142251%14
UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital$17,931$5,625319%11
Parkview Medical Center$17,938$6,451278%11
St Mary-Corwin Hospital$18,011$6,142293%3
Longs Peak Hospital$18,125$6,142295%12
Boulder Community Health$19,458$5,838333%13
Good Samaritan Medical Center$20,226$5,716354%43
Intermountain Health Lutheran Hospital$20,391$6,142332%46
Intermountain Saint Joseph Hospital$20,391$6,142332%44
UCHealth Memorial Hospital$20,659$6,207333%18
UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital$20,659$8,542242%18
St Thomas More Hospital$22,577$6,142368%2
Intermountain Health Platte Valley Hospital$22,940$6,142373%31
Banner North Colorado Medical Center$23,258$7,153325%5
Banner North Co Medical Center - Loveland Campus$23,258$6,142379%5
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center$23,315$6,142380%5
Mercy Regional Medical Center$25,521$6,142415%2
Poudre Valley Hospital$27,830$5,993464%8
Medical Center Of The Rockies$27,830$5,450511%8
UCHealth Greeley Hospital$28,270$6,142460%9
St Elizabeth Hospital$29,823$6,142486%1
Denver Health$30,123$6,142490%2
Intermountain Health St. Mary'S Regional Hospital$30,224$6,678453%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 →