US Health Care Costs

Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications in Colorado

MS-DRG 378: Gastrointestinal hemorrhage with cc

$57,686typical hospital bill
$8,563typical amount paid
$6,846–$11,630range paid across 27 hospitals

Colorado hospitals billed Medicare a typical $57,686 for this stay in 2024, about 6.7 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$22,642$6,846
Uchealth Highlands Ranch HospitalHighlands Ranch20$56,441$7,034
Longs Peak HospitalLongmont16$67,978$7,402
Boulder Community HealthBoulder31$70,275$7,445
Good Samaritan Medical Center LLCLafayette11$53,288$7,460
AdventHealth Castle RockCastle Rock14$70,038$7,688
AdventHealth ParkerParker22$71,311$7,728
Centura Health-Penrose St Francis Health ServicesColorado Springs43$52,794$7,769
HCA Healthone RoseDenver13$87,803$7,803
Uch-Memorial Health SystemColorado Springs74$57,686$7,806
Medical Center of the RockiesLoveland29$54,480$8,191
Parkview Medical Center, IncPueblo30$71,661$8,522
Poudre Valley HospitalFort Collins43$44,995$8,553
Uchealth Greeley HospitalGreeley22$37,410$8,563
Intermountain Health Lutheran HospitalWheat Ridge23$63,903$8,708
Centura Health-St Anthony HospitalLakewood23$65,202$8,738
Sky Ridge Medical CenterLone Tree29$106,487$8,803
Intermountain Health St. Mary's Regional HospitalGrand Junction35$37,509$9,004
The Medical Center of Aurora & South HospitalAurora28$117,833$9,127
HCA-Healthone Dba Swedish Medical CenterEnglewood17$92,594$9,363
Banner North Colorado Medical CenterGreeley21$30,188$9,522
Centura Health-St Anthony North Health CampusWestminster18$51,618$9,543
Mercy Regional Medical CenterDurango21$31,815$9,548
AdventHealth LittletonLittleton23$70,238$9,921
Valley View Hospital AssociationGlenwood Springs32$33,804$9,983
St Mary-Corwin HospitalPueblo12$44,703$10,616
University of Colorado Hospital AuthorityAurora47$72,581$11,630

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.