CostGrade
B

72/100

#567 nationally

Delta County Memorial Hospital

1501 E 3Rd St, Delta, CO 81416 · (970) 874-7681

Charges moderately above what care is paid for

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Delta County Memorial Hospital billed $3.38 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
3.4x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
26
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in CO
#3
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.

Inpatient charge markup 16.6/35

Better than 47% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 23.7/25

Better than 95% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 25.7/30

Better than 86% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 6.0/10

Better than 60% 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

217 $4,435 $2,345 -62%
Level 2 Urology and Related Services

APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit

82 $594 $697 -81%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

73 $10,802 $2,561 -44%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

72 $50,704 $13,397 -19%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

55 $4,834 $1,653 -52%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

39 $3,862 $2,077 -70%
Level 4 Urology and Related Services

APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit

37 $13,040 $3,554 -37%
Level 5 Urology and Related Services

APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit

33 $18,905 $5,276 -31%
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit

32 $4,539 $1,598 -60%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

29 $43,128 $9,206 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
COPD (severe)

MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay

$45,116 $7,779 +8%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

$43,128 $9,206 about average
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

$57,794 $14,913 -11%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

$38,458 $9,378 -17%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

$50,704 $13,397 -19%
Respiratory Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay

$40,755 $12,162 -26%
Level 5 Urology and Related Services

APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit

$18,905 $5,276 -31%
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)

MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay

$21,067 $5,618 -35%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Level 2 Urology and Related Services

APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit

$594 $697 -81%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

$3,862 $2,077 -70%
Level 2 Vascular Procedures

APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit

$3,143 $1,633 -63%
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

$4,435 $2,345 -62%
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit

$7,081 $2,897 -60%
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit

$4,747 $1,940 -60%
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit

$4,539 $1,598 -60%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures

APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit

$8,065 $3,250 -58%

What this page cannot tell you

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  • 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.
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