CostGrade
D

21/100

#2,146 nationally

Good Samaritan Medical Center Llc

200 Exempla Cir, Lafayette, CO 80026 · (303) 689-4000

Charges far above the national norm

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Good Samaritan Medical Center Llc billed $7.68 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
7.7x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
36
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in CO
#33
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.

Inpatient charge markup 6.6/35

Better than 19% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 4.8/25

Better than 19% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 7.3/30

Better than 24% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 2.6/10

Better than 26% 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

257 $34,003 $2,606 +75%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

119 $85,437 $15,079 +31%
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit

106 $25,282 $1,798 +115%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

61 $76,075 $12,002 +22%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

52 $12,453 $1,520 +24%
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures

APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit

38 $259,394 $22,550 +96%
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit

36 $53,555 $6,660 +34%
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services

APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit

34 $37,774 $5,364 +8%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

32 $62,008 $9,477 +43%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures

APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit

29 $18,844 $3,034 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 3 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5303 · Hospital outpatient visit

$60,209 $3,507 +175%
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit

$25,282 $1,798 +115%
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures

APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit

$259,394 $22,550 +96%
COPD (severe)

MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay

$75,415 $8,330 +80%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

$34,003 $2,606 +75%
Respiratory Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay

$91,882 $12,263 +67%
Stroke (with complications)

MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay

$74,357 $9,004 +63%
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit

$135,296 $17,701 +63%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Level 2 Vascular Procedures

APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit

$7,506 $1,525 -12%
Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures with Major Complications

MS-DRG 025 · Inpatient stay

$169,388 $32,221 -12%
Level 4 Urology and Related Services

APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit

$18,891 $3,319 -8%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures

APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit

$18,844 $3,034 about average
Level 3 Lower GI Procedures

APC 5313 · Hospital outpatient visit

$16,617 $2,672 about average
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures

APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit

$24,605 $3,294 +6%
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services

APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit

$37,774 $5,364 +8%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

$27,521 $3,107 +9%

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.
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