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Uchealth Yampa Valley Medical Center

1024 Central Park Dr, Steamboat Springs, CO 80487 · (970) 879-1322

General hospitalVoluntary non-profit - PrivateEmergency room

Uchealth Yampa Valley Medical Center is a non-profit general hospital in Steamboat Springs, Colorado (Routt County), with 34 beds. It has an emergency room. In CMS's patient survey it scores 4 of 5 stars, and 85% of patients said they would definitely recommend it. It lists $2.87 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 (172 surveys)
$2.87listed for every $1 its care costs Colorado typical $6.22
1 h 56 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min
34beds

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

★★★★★4 of 5 · 172 surveys

85%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%
80%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★★★★★

Emergency room and urgent care

1 h 56 mintypical time in the ER before going home US typical 2 h 28 min
0%left the ER without being seen US typical 1%
79%of sepsis patients got the recommended care US typical 65%

ER volume: low.

Deaths within 30 days of admission lower is better
Pneumonia
14.2%
Infections and complications lower is better
C. diff intestinal infections
0.00
≈ Same as US
Serious complications (CMS safety index)
0.95
≈ 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

$35what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$14.3Mnet income, all sources
−1.1%margin on patient care alone
$4.9Mcost of charity care (5.3% of costs)
$2.6Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
422full-time staff (equivalent)

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending June 2025. Non-profit hospitals must have a financial assistance (charity care) policy; ask for it if a bill is hard to pay.

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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36 miles awayMiddle Park Medical CenterKremmling, CONot rated$1.73 listed per $1 of cost40 miles awayThe Memorial HospitalCraig, CONot rated$2.29 listed per $1 of cost58 miles awayEastern Rio Blanco County Health Service DistrictMeeker, CONot rated$1.68 listed per $1 of cost

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