21/100
#2,149 nationally
Intermountain Health Lutheran Hospital
8300 W 38Th Ave, Wheat Ridge, CO 80033 · (303) 425-4500
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Intermountain Health Lutheran Hospital billed $8.04 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
- 8.0x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 62
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CO
- #34
- 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 14% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 20% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 23% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 42% 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 |
536 | $34,631 | $2,583 | +78% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
189 | $111,334 | $15,865 | +71% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
104 | $18,542 | $1,797 | +58% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
89 | $13,344 | $1,526 | +32% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
73 | $73,878 | $9,995 | +70% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
66 | $29,015 | $3,039 | +15% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
57 | $243,787 | $22,550 | +84% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
54 | $38,684 | $4,853 | +41% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
48 | $23,551 | $2,993 | +23% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
45 | $42,546 | $5,395 | +21% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$69,865 | $8,003 | +112% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$79,292 | $8,441 | +89% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$243,787 | $22,550 | +84% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
$228,060 | $23,505 | +83% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$23,374 | $1,939 | +81% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$34,631 | $2,583 | +78% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$69,588 | $6,810 | +75% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$30,291 | $2,705 | +71% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,039 | $1,525 | -41% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,123 | $3,565 | -29% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,128 | $3,294 | -13% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,550 | $1,530 | about average |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$37,546 | $5,200 | +8% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$23,314 | $3,081 | +14% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$29,015 | $3,039 | +15% |
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$42,415 | $4,756 | +17% |
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.