21/100
#2,135 nationally
Adventhealth Littleton
7700 S Broadway, Littleton, CO 80122 · (303) 730-8900
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Adventhealth Littleton billed $7.56 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
- 7.6x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 76
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CO
- #32
- 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 13% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 28% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 21% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 29% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
278 | $101,658 | $15,493 | +56% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
227 | $26,798 | $3,097 | +6% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
166 | $48,755 | $2,606 | +151% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
131 | $85,300 | $12,109 | +37% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
100 | $80,395 | $10,316 | +85% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
83 | $89,128 | $10,274 | +32% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
67 | $28,630 | $4,867 | +4% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
62 | $22,951 | $3,240 | +11% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
60 | $68,428 | $7,741 | +74% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
57 | $69,405 | $11,820 | +26% |
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 |
$48,755 | $2,606 | +151% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
$72,275 | $6,120 | +124% |
|
Fainting
MS-DRG 312 · Inpatient stay |
$77,467 | $6,516 | +112% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications
MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay |
$64,988 | $6,137 | +108% |
|
Level 4 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5464 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$162,448 | $20,772 | +101% |
|
Back Problems (without major complications)
MS-DRG 552 · Inpatient stay |
$77,876 | $8,312 | +99% |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures without Major
MS-DRG 267 · Inpatient stay |
$377,023 | $36,239 | +99% |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
$88,273 | $7,529 | +94% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,238 | $1,811 | -30% |
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 329 · Inpatient stay |
$139,033 | $30,250 | -23% |
|
Cardiac Valve and Other Major Cardiothoracic Procedures without Cardiac Catheterization
MS-DRG 219 · Inpatient stay |
$316,978 | $54,309 | -5% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,621 | $2,991 | -4% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,791 | $1,525 | about average |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$28,630 | $4,867 | +4% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$26,798 | $3,097 | +6% |
|
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$104,836 | $13,712 | +10% |
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.