US Health Care Costs

Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications in Colorado

MS-DRG 377: Gastrointestinal hemorrhage with mcc

$96,577typical hospital bill
$14,721typical amount paid
$12,685–$19,285range paid across 19 hospitals

Colorado hospitals billed Medicare a typical $96,577 for this stay in 2024, about 6.6 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
Medical Center of the RockiesLoveland26$81,186$12,685
Intermountain Health Lutheran HospitalWheat Ridge20$96,577$12,911
AdventHealth LittletonLittleton15$116,282$12,957
Longs Peak HospitalLongmont13$89,215$13,197
Boulder Community HealthBoulder11$109,724$13,328
AdventHealth ParkerParker14$87,855$13,694
Uch-Memorial Health SystemColorado Springs42$90,624$13,821
Centura Health-Penrose St Francis Health ServicesColorado Springs38$96,840$14,006
Centura Health-St Anthony HospitalLakewood23$81,544$14,349
Poudre Valley HospitalFort Collins23$80,219$14,721
Parkview Medical Center, IncPueblo21$130,768$14,940
HCA-Healthone Dba Swedish Medical CenterEnglewood20$272,070$14,993
Sky Ridge Medical CenterLone Tree15$151,483$15,682
Banner North Colorado Medical CenterGreeley17$45,417$16,039
Intermountain Health St. Mary's Regional HospitalGrand Junction22$74,667$16,319
Centura Health-St Anthony North Health CampusWestminster18$98,394$17,216
Mercy Regional Medical CenterDurango12$46,528$17,244
The Medical Center of Aurora & South HospitalAurora13$214,582$18,735
University of Colorado Hospital AuthorityAurora41$111,321$19,285

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.