Diabetes, with major complications in Colorado

MS-DRG 637: Diabetes with mcc

$93,468typical hospital bill

$11,860typical amount paid

$10,443–$20,087range paid across 9 hospitals

Colorado hospitals billed Medicare a typical $93,468 for this stay in 2024, about 7.9 times what was actually paid. Medicare's payment depends mostly on the hospital's location and teaching role; the bill depends on the hospital's own price list, so bills vary far more than payments.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

Hospital	City	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Uchealth Highlands Ranch Hospital	Highlands Ranch	13	$93,468	$10,443
Uch-Memorial Health System	Colorado Springs	34	$79,200	$11,089
Centura Health-Penrose St Francis Health Services	Colorado Springs	27	$77,501	$11,201
Centura Health-St Anthony Hospital	Lakewood	11	$80,837	$11,489
Parkview Medical Center, Inc	Pueblo	16	$91,698	$11,860
HCA-Healthone Dba Swedish Medical Center	Englewood	14	$158,523	$12,276
The Medical Center of Aurora & South Hospital	Aurora	13	$115,538	$12,409
HCA Healthone Mountain Ridge	Thornton	12	$178,825	$12,874
University of Colorado Hospital Authority	Aurora	15	$162,317	$20,087

Medicare: CMS, 2024 (hospitals with 11 or more Medicare stays). Cash and insurer prices: hospitals' own price files, where read; insurer figures are commercial plans only, median and 10th–90th percentile across plans.