14/100
#2,307 nationally
Boulder Community Health
4747 Arapahoe Avenue, Boulder, CO 80304 · (303) 440-2273
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Boulder Community Health billed $9.10 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
- 9.1x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 87
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CO
- #38
- 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 10% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 17% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 14% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 24% 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 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
522 | $87,148 | $12,415 | +40% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
347 | $38,008 | $2,598 | +96% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
208 | $13,617 | $1,534 | +35% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
203 | $57,885 | $3,096 | +129% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
120 | $59,561 | $5,456 | +70% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
116 | $353,955 | $22,189 | +167% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
96 | $108,408 | $14,554 | +66% |
|
Level 6 Urology and Related Services
APC 5376 · Hospital outpatient visit |
91 | $61,438 | $8,767 | +38% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
87 | $93,404 | $9,665 | +115% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
80 | $88,356 | $6,675 | +122% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$35,762 | $1,594 | +214% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$353,955 | $22,189 | +167% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$53,637 | $3,081 | +163% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$59,384 | $3,206 | +155% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$57,885 | $3,096 | +129% |
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 329 · Inpatient stay |
$408,257 | $47,813 | +127% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$92,640 | $8,995 | +127% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$88,356 | $6,675 | +122% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 266 · Inpatient stay |
$251,009 | $47,090 | +4% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,460 | $1,525 | +10% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$42,244 | $8,087 | +12% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,976 | $1,811 | +19% |
|
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$114,990 | $10,411 | +20% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$27,479 | $3,565 | +21% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$180,547 | $28,951 | +22% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$23,842 | $3,034 | +25% |
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.