Colorado

YAG laser capsulotomy (secondary cataract)CPT 66821Ophthalmology

Median commercial negotiated rate by hospital, from each hospital's own disclosure file. The same procedure spans a 6.1× price range across 51 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
$1,368
$1,368
$1,368
$1,528
$2,346
$2,812
$3,339

Detail (click headers to sort)

HospitalCommercial medianMedicare% of MedicareEst. cost*Plan rows
San Luis Valley Regional Medical Center$580$580100%3
San Luis Valley Health Conejos County Hospital$580$562103%3
Gunnison Valley Hospital$697$562124%18
Animas Surgical Hospital$1,010$580174%$1,2903
Prowers Medical Center$1,097$562195%6
Boulder Community Health$1,295$587221%12
Estes Park Medical Center$1,300$562231%15
Intermountain Health Platte Valley Hospital$1,312$580226%$43039
AdventHealth Porter$1,368$580236%15
AdventHealth Avista$1,368$587233%15
AdventHealth Littleton$1,368$580236%15
AdventHealth Parker$1,368$580236%15
AdventHealth Castle Rock$1,368$580236%15
Intermountain Health St. Mary'S Regional Hospital$1,378$580237%$37752
Banner North Colorado Medical Center$1,490$581256%$47512
Banner North Co Medical Center - Loveland Campus$1,490$580257%$64312
Yuma Hospital$1,528$562272%17
UCHealth Memorial Hospital ● actual$1,546$580266%$42228
UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital ● actual$1,546$580266%$37228
UCHealth Pikes Peak Regional Hospital$1,765$562314%6
Intermountain Health Lutheran Hospital$1,780$580307%$25555
Intermountain Saint Joseph Hospital$1,780$580307%$27355
Good Samaritan Medical Center$1,780$587303%$27253
CommonSpirit Penrose St Francis Health Services$1,845$580318%1
St Francis Hospital - Interquest$1,845$580318%1
Longmont United Hospital$2,029$587346%1
CommonSpirit St Anthony Hospital$2,029$580350%1
CommonSpirit St Anthony North Health Campus$2,029$580350%1
St Anthony Summit Medical Center$2,029$580350%1
Orthocolorado Hosp At St Anthony Med Campus$2,029$580350%1
UCHealth Broomfield Hospital$2,089$582359%9
St Elizabeth Hospital$2,093$580361%1
UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital$2,314$580399%11
Melissa Memorial Hospital$2,334$562415%12
Longs Peak Hospital$2,346$587400%11
St Mary-Corwin Hospital$2,591$580447%1
St Thomas More Hospital$2,591$562461%1
UCHealth Grandview Hospital$2,591$580447%10
UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center$2,602$580448%6
Parkview Medical Center$2,708$580467%9
HCA HealthONE Presbyterian St. Lukes$2,812$580485%14
HCA HealthONE Rose$2,812$580485%14
HCA HealthONE Swedish Medical Center$2,812$580485%14
HCA HealthONE Mountain Ridge$2,812$580485%14
The Medical Center Of Aurora & South Hospital$2,812$580485%14
Sky Ridge Medical Center$2,812$580485%14
Mercy Regional Medical Center$2,895$580499%1
Poudre Valley Hospital$2,909$580501%8
Medical Center Of The Rockies$2,909$580501%8
Denver Health$3,339$580576%$2886
UCHealth Greeley Hospital$3,530$581608%8

*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 →