45/100
#1,416 nationally
Community Hospital
2351 'G' Rd, Grand Junction, CO 81505 · (970) 644-3011
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Community Hospital billed $5.43 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
- 5.4x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 44
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CO
- #13
- 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 38% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 57% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 41% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 53% 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 |
237 | $53,474 | $12,465 | -14% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
173 | $28,408 | $2,606 | +46% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
103 | $14,566 | $1,543 | +45% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
90 | $21,701 | $3,107 | -14% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
87 | $41,482 | $6,810 | +4% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
68 | $10,352 | $1,786 | -12% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
67 | $29,308 | $5,493 | -17% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
55 | $22,733 | $3,034 | +19% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
54 | $25,760 | $3,319 | +25% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
53 | $84,874 | $17,701 | about average |
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 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$55,009 | $5,232 | +52% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,278 | $1,939 | +49% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$28,408 | $2,606 | +46% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,581 | $650 | +46% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,566 | $1,543 | +45% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$72,879 | $9,958 | +41% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$58,005 | $9,998 | +34% |
|
Level 3 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5493 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$30,841 | $4,975 | +27% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 455 · Inpatient stay |
$103,096 | $34,849 | -42% |
|
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications
MS-DRG 460 · Inpatient stay |
$89,043 | $26,140 | -39% |
|
Level 3 Lower GI Procedures
APC 5313 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,710 | $2,672 | -35% |
|
Level 4 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5464 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$63,011 | $20,772 | -22% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$47,465 | $9,792 | -21% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$29,308 | $5,493 | -17% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$53,474 | $12,465 | -14% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,701 | $3,107 | -14% |
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.