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Best hospitals in Colorado

12 of the 47 Colorado hospitals rated by CMS hold the top rating of five stars, and 22 more hold four. They are listed here in order of CMS's overall quality rating and what patients say, next to how long the ER takes and how much each hospital marks up its prices.

Also:All 96 Colorado hospitalsBest hospitals by stateColorado ranks 14th of 52 statesCompare the top 3 side by side

12five-star hospitals
22four-star hospitals
47hospitals rated by CMS and open to the public, of 96 in the state
73%of patients would recommend the typical hospital US typical 71%
2 h 23 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min

The top 10

1Medical Center of the RockiesLoveland · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend83%Typical ER visit2 h 13 minListed per $1 of cost$5.622Vail Health HospitalVail · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend83%Typical ER visit2 h 21 minListed per $1 of cost$1.893Saint Joseph HospitalDenver · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend80%Typical ER visit2 h 45 minListed per $1 of cost$6.704Uchealth Highlands Ranch HospitalHighlands Ranch · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend80%Typical ER visit2 h 44 minListed per $1 of cost$7.195Poudre Valley HospitalFort Collins · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend79%Typical ER visit2 h 7 minListed per $1 of cost$5.146AdventHealth ParkerParker · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend74%Typical ER visit2 h 45 minListed per $1 of cost$7.817Mercy Regional Medical CenterDurango · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend73%Typical ER visit2 h 46 minListed per $1 of cost$5.518Longs Peak HospitalLongmont · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend78%Typical ER visit2 h 10 minListed per $1 of cost$8.199University of Colorado Hospital AuthorityAurora · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend77%Typical ER visit1 h 42 minListed per $1 of cost$7.1310AdventHealth Castle RockCastle Rock · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend77%Typical ER visit2 h 45 minListed per $1 of cost$6.94
How Colorado's 47 rated hospitals score
125 stars
224 stars
113 stars
12 stars
11 star

Every rated hospital in Colorado

In ranking order. Click a column to sort.

#HospitalCityCMS ratingPatient ratingWould recommendTypical ER visitListed per $1 of cost
1Medical Center of the RockiesLoveland★★★★★★★★★★83%2 h 13 min$5.62
2Vail Health HospitalVail★★★★★★★★★★83%2 h 21 min$1.89
3Saint Joseph HospitalDenver★★★★★★★★★★80%2 h 45 min$6.70
4Uchealth Highlands Ranch HospitalHighlands Ranch★★★★★★★★★★80%2 h 44 min$7.19
5Poudre Valley HospitalFort Collins★★★★★★★★★★79%2 h 7 min$5.14
6AdventHealth ParkerParker★★★★★★★★★★74%2 h 45 min$7.81
7Mercy Regional Medical CenterDurango★★★★★★★★★★73%2 h 46 min$5.51
8Longs Peak HospitalLongmont★★★★★★★★★★78%2 h 10 min$8.19
9University of Colorado Hospital AuthorityAurora★★★★★★★★★★77%1 h 42 min$7.13
10AdventHealth Castle RockCastle Rock★★★★★★★★★★77%2 h 45 min$6.94
11Centura Health-St Anthony North Health CampusWestminster★★★★★★★★★★69%2 h 40 min$8.65
12Mt San Rafael HospitalTrinidad★★★★★–82%1 h 47 min$2.64
13Community HospitalGrand Junction★★★★★★★★★★82%2 h 15 min$4.58
14Boulder Community HealthBoulder★★★★★★★★★★81%2 h 15 min$7.06
15Valley View Hospital AssociationGlenwood Springs★★★★★★★★★★81%2 h 32 min$3.21
16Intermountain Health Lutheran HospitalWheat Ridge★★★★★★★★★★80%3 h 14 min$6.06
17Uchealth Greeley HospitalGreeley★★★★★★★★★★80%2 h 12 min$5.53
18St Mary-Corwin HospitalPueblo★★★★★★★★★★78%2 h 44 min$7.31
19AdventHealth AvistaLouisville★★★★★★★★★★77%2 h 46 min$5.90
20Good Samaritan Medical Center LLCLafayette★★★★★★★★★★76%2 h 56 min$6.83
21Montrose Regional HealthMontrose★★★★★★★★★★74%2 h 26 min$3.58
22St Elizabeth HospitalFort Morgan★★★★★★★★★★68%1 h 46 min$5.75
23Southwest Memorial HospitalCortez★★★★★★★★★★67%1 h 46 min$2.43
24St Thomas More HospitalCanon City★★★★★★★★★★59%2 h 23 min$4.62
25AdventHealth LittletonLittleton★★★★★★★★★★76%2 h 46 min$7.57
26HCA Healthone RoseDenver★★★★★★★★★★75%2 h 10 min$12.86
27Uch-Memorial Health SystemColorado Springs★★★★★★★★★★73%1 h 43 min$7.48
28Intermountain Health St. Mary's Regional HospitalGrand Junction★★★★★★★★★★72%3 h 22 min$4.44
29Centura Health-St Anthony HospitalLakewood★★★★★★★★★★66%3 h 32 min$7.65
30AdventHealth PorterDenver★★★★★★★★★★65%3 h 19 min$6.22
31Banner North Colorado Medical CenterGreeley★★★★★★★★★★65%2 h 17 min$3.62
32HCA-Healthone Dba Swedish Medical CenterEnglewood★★★★★★★★★★65%2 h 2 min$16.38
33The Medical Center of Aurora & South HospitalAurora★★★★★★★★★★58%2 h 14 min$16.19
34Rio Grande HospitalDel Norte★★★★★–82%45 min$1.93
35Intermountain Health Platte Valley HospitalBrighton★★★★★★★★★★71%2 h 46 min$4.95
36Denver Health & Hospital AuthorityDenver★★★★★★★★★★72%3 h 28 min$3.97
37Centura Health-Penrose St Francis Health ServicesColorado Springs★★★★★★★★★★68%3 h 13 min$6.65
38Delta County Memorial HospitalDelta★★★★★★★★★★67%2 h 23 min$2.61
39Longmont United HospitalLongmont★★★★★★★★★★66%2 h 33 min$5.50
40Banner North Co Medical Center - Loveland CampusLoveland★★★★★★★★★★65%2 h 20 min$3.10
41San Luis Valley Regional Medical CenterAlamosa★★★★★★★★★★62%2 h 48 min$3.00
42Sterling Regional MedcenterSterling★★★★★★★★★★56%1 h 37 min$2.49
43Sky Ridge Medical CenterLone Tree★★★★★★★★★★71%2 h 19 min$17.05
44Parkview Medical Center, IncPueblo★★★★★★★★★★60%2 h 51 min$9.04
45HCA Healthone Mountain RidgeThornton★★★★★★★★★★52%2 h 6 min$18.76
46HCA Healthone Presbyterian St. LukesDenver★★★★★★★★★★69%2 h 1 min$13.51
47Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical CenterSalida★★★★★★★★★★72%–$2.71
How the order is set. Hospitals are sorted by CMS's overall hospital quality star rating (1 to 5 stars), which combines death rates, safety, readmissions, patient experience and timely care. Ties are broken by the patient survey star rating, then by the share of patients who would definitely recommend the hospital. Hospitals CMS has not rated, often small, new or specialty hospitals, are not listed; neither are Veterans Affairs and military hospitals, which most patients cannot choose. Prices and ER times are shown for comparison and do not change the order. A star rating is a summary: for a specific operation, look at that hospital's page and ask your doctor.

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Source: CMS Care Compare (overall star ratings and patient survey) and hospital cost reports.