30/100
#1,865 nationally
Centura Health-Penrose St Francis Health Services
2222 N Nevada Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80907 · (719) 776-5000
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Centura Health-Penrose St Francis Health Services billed $6.44 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
- 6.4x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 160
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CO
- #22
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 3/5
- 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 19% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 42% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 29% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 39% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
736 | $37,034 | $2,574 | +91% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
568 | $96,970 | $15,490 | +49% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
544 | $66,345 | $12,450 | +6% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
229 | $72,839 | $10,311 | +68% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
214 | $12,938 | $1,811 | +10% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
193 | $92,924 | $17,285 | +12% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
165 | $43,232 | $6,646 | +8% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
161 | $24,102 | $3,079 | -5% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
160 | $17,757 | $3,007 | -7% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
147 | $38,639 | $5,463 | +10% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications
MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay |
$63,753 | $6,423 | +104% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$58,500 | $7,200 | +96% |
|
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 393 · Inpatient stay |
$124,964 | $16,295 | +95% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$37,034 | $2,574 | +91% |
|
Hypertension without Major Complications
MS-DRG 305 · Inpatient stay |
$62,185 | $6,469 | +86% |
|
Back Problems (without major complications)
MS-DRG 552 · Inpatient stay |
$72,349 | $7,997 | +85% |
|
Level 4 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5464 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$146,797 | $20,772 | +82% |
|
Stroke (uncomplicated)
MS-DRG 066 · Inpatient stay |
$65,065 | $5,937 | +82% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Postoperative or Post-traumatic Infections with Operating Room Procedures with Major
MS-DRG 856 · Inpatient stay |
$119,027 | $33,105 | -37% |
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion with Major Complications
MS-DRG 453 · Inpatient stay |
$295,578 | $65,293 | -33% |
|
Lymphoma and Non-acute Leukemia with Complications
MS-DRG 841 · Inpatient stay |
$60,683 | $14,916 | -33% |
|
Major Chest Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 163 · Inpatient stay |
$130,021 | $38,648 | -26% |
|
Major Chest Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 165 · Inpatient stay |
$62,056 | $15,694 | -25% |
|
Hip or Knee Replacement (severe)
MS-DRG 469 · Inpatient stay |
$113,610 | $23,870 | -19% |
|
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Major Complications
MS-DRG 242 · Inpatient stay |
$112,863 | $25,420 | -19% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,949 | $3,293 | -19% |
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.