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#2,611 nationally
Hca Healthone Presbyterian St. Lukes
1719 E 19Th Ave, Denver, CO 80218 · (303) 839-6000
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Hca Healthone Presbyterian St. Lukes billed $12.64 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
- 12.6x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 45
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CO
- #44
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 2/5
- 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 3% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 0% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 0% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 3% 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 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
217 | $94,742 | $2,705 | +436% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
106 | $52,070 | $3,034 | +173% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
88 | $31,491 | $1,543 | +212% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
74 | $259,082 | $24,195 | +297% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
72 | $31,864 | $1,811 | +171% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
69 | $63,556 | $2,606 | +227% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
60 | $24,866 | $1,525 | +190% |
|
Acute Leukemia with Major Complications
MS-DRG 834 · Inpatient stay |
43 | $940,414 | $78,594 | +248% |
|
Autologous Bone Marrow Transplant with Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 016 · Inpatient stay |
41 | $607,101 | $96,246 | +152% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
40 | $167,458 | $5,493 | +377% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Chemotherapy with Acute Leukemia as Secondary Diagnosis or with High Dose Chemotherapy a
MS-DRG 837 · Inpatient stay |
$1,165,465 | $81,285 | +526% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$94,742 | $2,705 | +436% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$210,041 | $12,058 | +384% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$167,458 | $5,493 | +377% |
|
Lymphoma and Non-acute Leukemia with Major Complications
MS-DRG 840 · Inpatient stay |
$625,329 | $51,225 | +337% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$100,836 | $3,293 | +334% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$165,494 | $6,810 | +315% |
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 330 · Inpatient stay |
$401,347 | $37,824 | +299% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Chimeric Antigen Receptor (car) T-cell and Other Immunotherapies
MS-DRG 018 · Inpatient stay |
$3,224,959 | $282,683 | +63% |
|
Chemotherapy without Acute Leukemia as Secondary Diagnosis with Complications
MS-DRG 847 · Inpatient stay |
$121,119 | $12,055 | +126% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$109,981 | $10,117 | +127% |
|
Major Hematological and Immunological Diagnoses Except Sickle Cell Crisis and Coagulatio
MS-DRG 809 · Inpatient stay |
$129,857 | $10,886 | +136% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$166,564 | $10,136 | +146% |
|
Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplant
MS-DRG 014 · Inpatient stay |
$1,231,230 | $105,986 | +148% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$138,407 | $14,005 | +152% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$82,930 | $7,854 | +152% |
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.