66/100
#757 nationally
Denver Health & Hospital Authority
777 Bannock St, Denver, CO 80204 · (303) 436-4927
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Denver Health & Hospital Authority billed $3.26 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
- 3.3x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 35
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CO
- #4
- 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 75% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 72% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 60% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 38% 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 |
151 | $17,549 | $2,606 | -10% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
121 | $11,396 | $2,218 | -3% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
84 | $68,584 | $25,737 | +5% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
58 | $5,840 | $1,543 | -42% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
50 | $1,939 | $650 | -38% |
|
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit |
38 | $15,875 | $3,871 | -23% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
31 | $12,261 | $3,034 | -36% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
26 | $12,835 | $2,705 | -27% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
26 | $11,790 | $1,939 | -9% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
25 | $65,652 | $18,765 | +51% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$123,607 | $25,722 | +62% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 480 · Inpatient stay |
$177,797 | $34,862 | +51% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$65,652 | $18,765 | +51% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (with complications)
MS-DRG 481 · Inpatient stay |
$102,345 | $26,125 | +23% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$63,019 | $21,272 | +15% |
|
Pulmonary Embolism with Major Complications or Acute Cor Pulmonale
MS-DRG 175 · Inpatient stay |
$59,317 | $20,454 | +9% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$52,508 | $19,642 | +8% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$68,584 | $25,737 | +5% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Lower GI Procedures
APC 5313 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,040 | $2,673 | -58% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,602 | $1,811 | -52% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,124 | $5,442 | -51% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,991 | $3,107 | -45% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,596 | $3,081 | -43% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$101,597 | $50,397 | -43% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,840 | $1,543 | -42% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$39,957 | $10,463 | -41% |
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.