US Health Care Costs

Stomach and digestive disorders in Colorado

MS-DRG 392: Esophagitis, gastroenteritis and miscellaneous digestive disorders without mcc

$52,034typical hospital bill
$6,480typical amount paid
$5,618–$17,508range paid across 22 hospitals

Colorado hospitals billed Medicare a typical $52,034 for this stay in 2024, about 8.0 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)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaid
Delta County Memorial HospitalDelta11$21,067$5,618
Uchealth Highlands Ranch HospitalHighlands Ranch23$50,227$5,725
Medical Center of the RockiesLoveland23$38,120$6,036
AdventHealth LittletonLittleton27$72,275$6,120
AdventHealth Castle RockCastle Rock12$50,022$6,233
Centura Health-St Anthony HospitalLakewood22$55,632$6,270
Intermountain Health Lutheran HospitalWheat Ridge12$50,552$6,271
Boulder Community HealthBoulder47$44,675$6,287
AdventHealth ParkerParker28$53,852$6,304
Centura Health-Penrose St Francis Health ServicesColorado Springs42$52,401$6,470
Uch-Memorial Health SystemColorado Springs63$51,667$6,470
HCA Healthone RoseDenver17$89,720$6,490
Montrose Regional HealthMontrose12$21,630$6,526
Intermountain Health St. Mary's Regional HospitalGrand Junction15$27,605$6,813
Longs Peak HospitalLongmont20$60,237$6,864
Parkview Medical Center, IncPueblo32$54,467$6,994
The Medical Center of Aurora & South HospitalAurora29$87,280$7,442
Sky Ridge Medical CenterLone Tree37$89,887$7,465
Centura Health-St Anthony North Health CampusWestminster20$44,190$7,846
HCA-Healthone Dba Swedish Medical CenterEnglewood48$100,981$8,831
Poudre Valley HospitalFort Collins29$34,925$8,903
University of Colorado Hospital AuthorityAurora59$111,641$17,508

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.