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Median commercial negotiated rate by hospital, from each hospital's own disclosure file. The same procedure spans a 22.1× price range across 73 Colorado hospitals. Open in the explorer → — filter by insurer or region, map it, or compare hospitals side by side.

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
$980
$2,067
$2,095
$2,375
$2,506
$4,096
$4,700
$6,127
$10,298

The part you don’t feel

St Anthony Summit Medical Center $11,954vsWeisbrod Memorial County Hospital $541 what you pay what your plan pays
Deductible not metearly in the plan year
St Anthony Summit Medical Center
Weisbrod Memorial County Hospital
$11,413you feel all of it
Deductible met20% coinsurance
St Anthony Summit Medical Center
Weisbrod Memorial County Hospital
$2,283$9,130 invisible to you
Out-of-pocket max reacheda bad year, or a big surgery
St Anthony Summit Medical Center
Weisbrod Memorial County Hospital
$0the market goes blind

The gap is $11,413 in every row. The only thing that changes is how much of it reaches the person choosing. Nobody hid the price — the deductible structure hides the difference, and a difference nobody feels is a difference nobody shops. Illustration uses a 20% coinsurance plan with no separate facility or professional bill; your own plan governs.

Detail (click headers to sort, or “why” for cost vs price)

HospitalCommercial medianMedicare% of MedicareEst. cost*Plan rows
Mt San Rafael Hospital⚠ data flag ● actual$330$60854%—55
Weisbrod Memorial County Hospital$541$60889%—6
Sedgwick County Memorial Hospital$576$60895%—5
Prowers Medical Center$620$608102%—6
Montrose Regional Health ● actual$639$628102%$23614
Lincoln Health Hospital$663$608109%—8
Gunnison Valley Hospital$724$608119%—19
AdventHealth Porter$734$628117%—2
AdventHealth Littleton$734$628117%—2
AdventHealth Parker$734$628117%—2
AdventHealth Castle Rock$734$628117%—2
AdventHealth Avista$740$635117%—2
Estes Park Medical Center ● actual$777$608128%—15
Spanish Peaks Regional Health Center ● actual$855$608141%—11
Rangely Hospital ● actual$980$608161%—4
East Morgan County Hospital$988$608162%—12
Delta County Memorial Hospital ● actual$1,159$628184%$5907
Sterling Regional Medcenter$1,231$628196%$78516
Arkansas Valley Regional Medical Center$1,238$608203%—10
Animas Surgical Hospital$1,240$628197%$5852
Heart Of The Rockies Regional Medical Center ● actual$1,247$608205%—9
Kit Carson County Memorial Hospital$1,359$608223%—3
San Luis Valley Regional Medical Center$1,505$628240%$60417
San Luis Valley Health Conejos County Hospital ● actual$1,505$608247%—17
Southwest Memorial Hospital$1,583$608260%—10
Melissa Memorial Hospital ● actual$1,687$608277%—12
Southeast Colorado Hospital$1,729$608284%—6
Aspen Valley Hospital ● actual$2,067$608340%—37
Community Hospital ● actual$2,095$628333%$7844
Memorial Hospital, The$2,187$608359%—9
Valley View Hospital ● actual$2,237$628356%$8807
Banner North Colorado Medical Center$2,360$629375%$72517
Yuma Hospital$2,375$608390%—16
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center$2,461$628392%$91216
UCHealth Pikes Peak Regional Hospital$2,492$608410%—16
Haxtun Hospital$2,506$608412%—5
Middle Park Medical Center ● actual$2,660$608437%—9
Family Health West Hospital ● actual$2,782$608457%—5
Intermountain Health St. Mary'S Regional Hospital$2,871$628457%$78552
Vail Health Hospital$3,123$628497%$1,5909
Poudre Valley Hospital$3,198$628509%$78523
Medical Center Of The Rockies$3,198$628509%$74323
UCHealth Greeley Hospital$3,287$629523%$83518
Parkview Medical Center$3,330$628530%$37319
UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center ● actual$3,369$628536%$1,20418
UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital ● actual$3,530$628562%$1,12930
Boulder Community Health$3,779$635595%$1,65233
UCHealth Broomfield Hospital$3,840$630609%$2,51220
Longs Peak Hospital$4,096$635645%$1,43920
UCHealth Grandview Hospital ● actual$4,161$628662%$2,61621
UCHealth Memorial Hospital ● actual$4,229$628673%$1,30722
UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital ● actual$4,370$628696%$1,50919
Intermountain Health Lutheran Hospital$4,504$628717%$1,60555
St Elizabeth Hospital$4,700$628748%$1,77713
St Thomas More Hospital ● actual$4,733$608778%—14
St Mary-Corwin Hospital ● actual$5,238$628834%$1,87915
Orthocolorado Hosp At St Anthony Med Campus$5,864$628933%$2,86312
Intermountain Saint Joseph Hospital$5,927$628943%$1,71955
Good Samaritan Medical Center$5,927$635933%$1,70853
Denver Health ● actual$6,127$628975%$1,9926
Mercy Regional Medical Center ● actual$6,876$6281095%$1,75818
Intermountain Health Platte Valley Hospital$7,199$6281146%$2,54339
Longmont United Hospital$7,238$6351140%$4,47912
HCA HealthONE Presbyterian St. Lukes$7,329$6281167%$1,16936
CommonSpirit St Anthony Hospital$7,564$6281204%$2,77515
CommonSpirit St Anthony North Health Campus$7,564$6281204%$2,61715
St Francis Hospital - Interquest$8,404$6281338%$14,10411
CommonSpirit Penrose St Francis Health Services$9,076$6281445%$2,86312
HCA HealthONE Swedish Medical Center$10,189$6281622%$1,13433
HCA HealthONE Mountain Ridge$10,189$6281622%$1,26731
Sky Ridge Medical Center$10,189$6281622%$1,48733
HCA HealthONE Rose$10,298$6281639%$1,87332
The Medical Center Of Aurora & South Hospital$10,298$6281639%$1,92434
St Anthony Summit Medical Center ● actual$11,954$6281903%$3,54319

*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.
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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 → · The American Healthcare Conundrum →