Colorado

MRI lower extremity joint (knee)CPT 73721Imaging

Median commercial negotiated rate by hospital, from each hospital's own disclosure file. The same procedure spans a 23.7× price range across 68 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
$1,196
$1,283
$3,257
$3,286
$3,559
$3,636
$3,759
$4,938

Detail (click headers to sort)

HospitalCommercial medianMedicare% of MedicareEst. cost*Plan rows
Estes Park Medical Center$227$24493%15
East Morgan County Hospital$245$244101%12
Animas Surgical Hospital$438$252174%~$9613
AdventHealth Porter$518$252206%6
AdventHealth Avista$518$254203%6
AdventHealth Littleton$518$252206%6
AdventHealth Parker$518$252206%6
AdventHealth Castle Rock$518$252206%6
Longmont United Hospital$564$254222%~$2,30818
Orthocolorado Hosp At St Anthony Med Campus$564$252224%~$1,47518
CommonSpirit St Anthony Hospital$585$252232%~$1,43025
CommonSpirit St Anthony North Health Campus$585$252232%~$1,34925
St Anthony Summit Medical Center$585$252232%~$1,91925
St Francis Hospital - Interquest$600$252238%~$7,26816
CommonSpirit Penrose St Francis Health Services$614$252244%~$1,47517
Vail Health Hospital$781$252310%~$7149
Montrose Regional Health ● actual$896$252356%~$55514
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center$907$252360%~$36415
UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital ● actual$913$252363%~$1,10619
Parkview Medical Center$919$252365%~$43919
UCHealth Grandview Hospital$922$252366%~$1,91821
St Mary-Corwin Hospital$952$252378%~$1,60815
Longs Peak Hospital$958$254376%~$1,05519
UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center ● actual$976$252388%~$35818
UCHealth Pikes Peak Regional Hospital$980$244402%16
UCHealth Greeley Hospital$996$252395%~$61818
UCHealth Broomfield Hospital$1,024$252406%~$1,84220
Valley View Hospital$1,035$252411%~$2963
Poudre Valley Hospital$1,187$252472%~$58123
Medical Center Of The Rockies$1,187$252472%~$55023
Rangely Hospital$1,196$244490%4
National Jewish Health$1,211$252481%~$35814
Intermountain Health Lutheran Hospital$1,211$252481%~$43155
Family Health West Hospital$1,250$244513%1
Denver Health$1,283$252510%~$8936
Memorial Hospital, The$1,341$244550%11
UCHealth Memorial Hospital ● actual$1,342$252533%~$74028
UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital ● actual$1,342$252533%~$65328
Gunnison Valley Hospital$1,388$244569%19
Heart Of The Rockies Regional Medical Center$1,525$244625%9
Intermountain Saint Joseph Hospital$1,615$252641%~$46255
Good Samaritan Medical Center$1,615$254634%~$45953
Delta County Memorial Hospital ● actual$1,724$252685%~$8777
Intermountain Health St. Mary'S Regional Hospital$1,922$252764%~$52652
Intermountain Health Platte Valley Hospital$2,038$252810%~$72039
Sterling Regional Medcenter$2,059$252818%~$1,28616
Middle Park Medical Center ● actual$2,131$244874%9
Arkansas Valley Regional Medical Center$2,147$244881%10
San Luis Valley Regional Medical Center$2,326$252924%~$92218
San Luis Valley Health Conejos County Hospital$2,326$244954%18
HCA HealthONE Mountain Ridge$2,603$2521034%~$93729
The Medical Center Of Aurora & South Hospital$2,708$2521076%~$72528
Melissa Memorial Hospital$2,761$2441133%12
Southeast Colorado Hospital$2,872$2441178%6
Sedgwick County Memorial Hospital$2,995$2441229%5
HCA HealthONE Swedish Medical Center$3,020$2521200%~$87527
HCA HealthONE Presbyterian St. Lukes$3,185$2521265%~$89630
Mt San Rafael Hospital ● actual$3,257$2441336%111
Haxtun Hospital$3,286$2441348%5
Sky Ridge Medical Center$3,479$2521382%~$1,22126
HCA HealthONE Rose$3,559$2521414%~$1,06728
Boulder Community Health$3,560$2541399%~$80332
Community Hospital$3,636$2521445%~$7542
Aspen Valley Hospital$3,759$2441542%85
Prowers Medical Center$3,764$2441544%6
St Thomas More Hospital$4,008$2441644%14
St Elizabeth Hospital$4,938$2521962%~$1,86714
Mercy Regional Medical Center$5,386$2522140%~$1,73219

*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 →