US Health Care Costs

Infectious and Parasitic Diseases with O.r. Procedures with Cc in Colorado

MS-DRG 854: Infectious and parasitic diseases with o.r. procedures with cc

$87,440typical hospital bill
$16,094typical amount paid
$14,942–$18,907range paid across 7 hospitals

Colorado hospitals billed Medicare a typical $87,440 for this stay in 2024, about 5.4 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
Parkview Medical Center, IncPueblo15$120,274$14,942
Centura Health-Penrose St Francis Health ServicesColorado Springs21$86,511$15,660
HCA-Healthone Dba Swedish Medical CenterEnglewood13$269,005$15,990
Intermountain Health St. Mary's Regional HospitalGrand Junction14$42,781$16,094
Banner North Colorado Medical CenterGreeley11$68,426$17,937
Centura Health-St Anthony HospitalLakewood17$87,440$18,070
The Medical Center of Aurora & South HospitalAurora11$243,748$18,907

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.