3/100
#2,567 nationally
Hca-Healthone Dba Swedish Medical Center
501 E Hampden Ave, Englewood, CO 80113 · (303) 788-5000
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Hca-Healthone Dba Swedish Medical Center billed $13.94 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
- 13.9x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 125
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CO
- #41
- 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 1% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 5% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 3% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 5% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
355 | $214,033 | $16,632 | +228% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
131 | $138,916 | $6,769 | +248% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
128 | $66,217 | $2,557 | +241% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
103 | $223,903 | $16,112 | +194% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
103 | $188,337 | $12,405 | +202% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
71 | $141,924 | $10,510 | +227% |
|
Cochlear Implant Procedure
APC 5166 · Hospital outpatient visit |
70 | $410,311 | $31,826 | +236% |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
67 | $135,082 | $9,625 | +197% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
67 | $193,107 | $13,839 | +240% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
67 | $717,738 | $47,442 | +303% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Digestive Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 391 · Inpatient stay |
$271,278 | $16,536 | +429% |
|
Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 026 · Inpatient stay |
$687,586 | $34,230 | +412% |
|
Other Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue Operating Room Procedures with
MS-DRG 516 · Inpatient stay |
$406,436 | $26,149 | +360% |
|
Spinal Procedures with Complications or Spinal Neurostimulators
MS-DRG 029 · Inpatient stay |
$711,373 | $27,903 | +358% |
|
Nervous System Neoplasms with Major Complications
MS-DRG 054 · Inpatient stay |
$300,097 | $13,900 | +354% |
|
Endocrine Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 643 · Inpatient stay |
$294,651 | $13,452 | +347% |
|
Major Chest Trauma with Major Complications
MS-DRG 183 · Inpatient stay |
$288,335 | $12,871 | +312% |
|
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy without Major
MS-DRG 897 · Inpatient stay |
$133,830 | $7,473 | +311% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Chemotherapy without Acute Leukemia as Secondary Diagnosis with Complications
MS-DRG 847 · Inpatient stay |
$53,641 | $9,971 | about average |
|
Traumatic Stupor and Coma <1 Hour without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 087 · Inpatient stay |
$83,924 | $7,443 | +52% |
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 331 · Inpatient stay |
$128,517 | $13,456 | +73% |
|
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 057 · Inpatient stay |
$83,828 | $10,925 | +75% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,080 | $1,525 | +76% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,359 | $1,811 | +82% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,376 | $1,939 | +89% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$71,724 | $8,087 | +89% |
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.