US Health Care Costs

Extracranial Procedures with Cc in Colorado

MS-DRG 038: Extracranial procedures with cc

$103,630typical hospital bill
$12,925typical amount paid
$12,500–$13,350range paid across 2 hospitals

Colorado hospitals billed Medicare a typical $103,630 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
Uch-Memorial Health SystemColorado Springs13$80,264$12,500
Medical Center of the RockiesLoveland13$126,997$13,350

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.