Aspen Valley Hospital District

401 Castle Creek Rd, Aspen, CO 81611 · (970) 544-1261

Rural (critical access) hospitalGovernment - Hospital District or AuthorityEmergency room

Aspen Valley Hospital District is a government-owned rural critical-access hospital in Aspen, Colorado (Pitkin County), with 25 beds. It has an emergency room. In CMS's patient survey it scores 4 of 5 stars, and 81% of patients said they would definitely recommend it. It lists $1.78 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical Colorado hospital ($6.22).

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Not ratedCMS overall quality rating

★★★★★patients' own rating (151 surveys)

$1.78listed for every $1 its care costs Colorado typical $6.22

25beds

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

★★★★★4 of 5 · 151 surveys

81%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%

82%rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 US typical 72%

Rated by patients

Nurses communicated well★★★★★
Doctors communicated well★★★★★
Staff explained medicines★★★★★
Information for going home★★★★★
Room was clean★★★★★
Quiet at night★★★★★

Deaths within 30 days of admission lower is better

Pneumonia

13.9%

Infections and complications lower is better

C. diff intestinal infections

0.00

≈ Same as US

US typical hospital. Infection figures are a ratio: 1.00 means as many infections as expected for a hospital like this one. CMS adjusts these rates for how sick the patients are; a small gap from the typical hospital can be chance, so a verdict is shown only where CMS gives one.

Source: CMS Care Compare, measurement periods ending up to September 2025.

The money

$56what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed

$8.0Mnet income, all sources

−8.9%margin on patient care alone

$497,187cost of charity care (0.4% of costs)

$54,766unpaid bills written off (bad debt)

438full-time staff (equivalent)

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending December 2024.

Cash and insurer prices for this hospital haven't been added yet. The hospital publishes them on its own price page.

This hospital has no Medicare stay data for 2024. Medicare data covers mostly patients 65 and older, so psychiatric, children's and very small hospitals often don't appear.

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