US Health Care Costs

Stroke, with major complications in Colorado

MS-DRG 064: Intracranial hemorrhage or cerebral infarction with mcc

$113,960typical hospital bill
$15,706typical amount paid
$12,831–$25,722range paid across 17 hospitals

Colorado hospitals billed Medicare a typical $113,960 for this stay in 2024, about 7.3 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
Boulder Community HealthBoulder20$114,325$12,831
AdventHealth ParkerParker29$116,646$14,206
Centura Health-St Anthony HospitalLakewood52$99,929$14,338
Uch-Memorial Health SystemColorado Springs56$113,020$14,411
AdventHealth LittletonLittleton26$113,960$14,573
Parkview Medical Center, IncPueblo22$110,695$15,194
The Medical Center of Aurora & South HospitalAurora27$188,093$15,554
Intermountain Health Lutheran HospitalWheat Ridge33$104,396$15,620
Banner North Colorado Medical CenterGreeley12$32,999$15,706
HCA-Healthone Dba Swedish Medical CenterEnglewood103$223,903$16,112
Poudre Valley HospitalFort Collins15$58,359$16,309
Medical Center of the RockiesLoveland33$116,407$16,901
Sky Ridge Medical CenterLone Tree20$186,155$17,068
Centura Health-Penrose St Francis Health ServicesColorado Springs79$111,112$17,514
Intermountain Health St. Mary's Regional HospitalGrand Junction43$88,323$18,000
University of Colorado Hospital AuthorityAurora42$182,317$24,234
Denver Health & Hospital AuthorityDenver17$123,607$25,722

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.