Colorado

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Median commercial negotiated rate by hospital, from each hospital's own disclosure file. The same procedure spans a 21.2× price range across 69 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
$1,565
$1,631
$3,636
$3,847
$4,277
$4,513
$5,092
$6,135
$8,057

Detail (click headers to sort)

HospitalCommercial medianMedicare% of MedicareEst. cost*Plan rows
Estes Park Medical Center$380$356107%15
Gunnison Valley Hospital$490$356138%18
CommonSpirit St Anthony Hospital$619$368168%~$1,55625
CommonSpirit St Anthony North Health Campus$619$368168%~$1,46725
St Anthony Summit Medical Center$619$368168%~$2,08725
Orthocolorado Hosp At St Anthony Med Campus$619$368168%~$1,60518
Animas Surgical Hospital$641$368174%~$1,3133
St Francis Hospital - Interquest$648$368176%~$7,90616
CommonSpirit Penrose St Francis Health Services$678$368184%~$1,60517
Longmont United Hospital$682$372183%~$2,51018
AdventHealth Porter$828$368225%6
AdventHealth Avista$828$372223%6
AdventHealth Littleton$828$368225%6
AdventHealth Parker$828$368225%6
AdventHealth Castle Rock$828$368225%6
UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital ● actual$913$368248%~$1,57719
UCHealth Grandview Hospital$922$368251%~$2,73421
St Mary-Corwin Hospital$952$368259%~$1,58915
Longs Peak Hospital$958$372257%~$1,50419
UCHealth Greeley Hospital$996$369270%~$99118
UCHealth Broomfield Hospital$1,024$369277%~$2,62520
Valley View Hospital$1,035$368281%~$2963
Parkview Medical Center$1,109$368301%~$84419
Vail Health Hospital$1,161$368315%~$1,0439
Poudre Valley Hospital$1,187$368323%~$93223
Medical Center Of The Rockies$1,187$368323%~$88123
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center$1,244$368338%~$78016
Family Health West Hospital$1,250$356351%1
National Jewish Health ● actual$1,261$368343%~$49614
UCHealth Pikes Peak Regional Hospital$1,326$356372%16
East Morgan County Hospital$1,346$356378%12
Montrose Regional Health ● actual$1,363$368370%~$76014
UCHealth Memorial Hospital ● actual$1,394$368379%~$1,64328
UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital ● actual$1,394$368379%~$1,45028
UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center ● actual$1,419$368386%~$59618
Denver Health$1,565$368425%~$1,2946
Memorial Hospital, The$1,583$356444%9
Rangely Hospital$1,631$356458%4
Intermountain Health Lutheran Hospital$1,937$368526%~$69055
Southeast Colorado Hospital$2,100$356589%6
Heart Of The Rockies Regional Medical Center$2,355$356661%9
Sterling Regional Medcenter$2,374$368645%~$1,51516
Intermountain Saint Joseph Hospital$2,549$368693%~$73955
Good Samaritan Medical Center$2,549$372685%~$73553
Intermountain Health St. Mary'S Regional Hospital$2,561$368696%~$70152
HCA HealthONE Mountain Ridge$2,699$368734%~$97129
The Medical Center Of Aurora & South Hospital$3,188$368866%~$89328
Intermountain Health Platte Valley Hospital$3,259$368886%~$1,15139
Middle Park Medical Center$3,398$356953%9
Prowers Medical Center$3,428$356962%6
Delta County Memorial Hospital$3,539$368962%~$1,8017
Boulder Community Health$3,560$372957%~$80332
Community Hospital$3,636$368988%~$8832
HCA HealthONE Swedish Medical Center$3,640$368989%~$1,05527
Melissa Memorial Hospital$3,847$3561079%12
Haxtun Hospital$3,847$3561079%5
San Luis Valley Regional Medical Center$3,934$3681069%~$1,57818
San Luis Valley Health Conejos County Hospital$3,934$3561104%18
Aspen Valley Hospital ● actual$4,277$3561200%85
Sky Ridge Medical Center$4,387$3681192%~$1,54026
HCA HealthONE Rose$4,513$3681226%~$1,35328
Southwest Memorial Hospital$4,700$3561318%10
Sedgwick County Memorial Hospital$4,860$3561364%5
Mt San Rafael Hospital ● actual$5,092$3561429%111
Mercy Regional Medical Center$5,815$3681580%~$1,87019
St Thomas More Hospital$5,853$3561642%14
Yuma Hospital$6,135$3561721%17
HCA HealthONE Presbyterian St. Lukes$6,462$3681756%~$1,81830
St Elizabeth Hospital$8,057$3682189%~$3,04614

*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 →