29/100
#1,889 nationally
Adventhealth Avista
100 Health Park Dr, Louisville, CO 80027 · (303) 673-1000
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Adventhealth Avista billed $6.92 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 6.9x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 24
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CO
- #23
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 29% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 30% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 30% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 26% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
125 | $14,579 | $2,218 | +24% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
74 | $82,411 | $12,510 | +32% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
69 | $11,114 | $1,838 | about average |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
59 | $44,844 | $2,571 | +131% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
54 | $52,002 | $6,810 | +30% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
42 | $7,968 | $1,811 | -32% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
41 | $42,474 | $5,493 | +21% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
38 | $183,492 | $17,701 | +121% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
35 | $12,260 | $1,544 | +22% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
30 | $84,906 | $15,102 | +30% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$44,844 | $2,571 | +131% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$183,492 | $17,701 | +121% |
|
Level 5 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5415 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$42,609 | $4,735 | +42% |
|
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$54,439 | $5,917 | +38% |
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 455 · Inpatient stay |
$240,330 | $34,950 | +36% |
|
Level 6 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5416 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$54,511 | $7,194 | +33% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$82,411 | $12,510 | +32% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$30,426 | $3,180 | +31% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5093 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$44,036 | $8,970 | -35% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,968 | $1,811 | -32% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,139 | $1,720 | -20% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,114 | $1,838 | about average |
|
Level 3 Lower GI Procedures
APC 5313 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,675 | $2,673 | about average |
|
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,626 | $3,629 | +3% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,887 | $3,319 | +11% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$30,925 | $4,926 | +13% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.