41/100
#1,560 nationally
Intermountain Health Platte Valley Hospital
1600 Prairie Center Pkwy, Brighton, CO 80601 · (303) 498-1600
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Intermountain Health Platte Valley Hospital billed $5.54 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
- 5.5x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 19
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CO
- #14
- 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 40% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 45% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 40% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 36% 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 |
137 | $29,187 | $2,575 | +50% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
68 | $55,546 | $12,510 | -11% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
59 | $79,919 | $17,614 | +22% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
49 | $39,722 | $6,367 | about average |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
43 | $10,171 | $1,515 | about average |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
30 | $25,360 | $2,633 | +43% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
27 | $17,032 | $2,990 | -16% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
27 | $30,096 | $3,024 | +19% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
24 | $50,541 | $10,514 | +16% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
19 | $14,791 | $2,907 | -23% |
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 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,309 | $1,525 | +90% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$29,187 | $2,575 | +50% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,360 | $2,633 | +43% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$79,919 | $17,614 | +22% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$30,096 | $3,024 | +19% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$50,541 | $10,514 | +16% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$53,822 | $13,253 | +16% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$41,982 | $9,460 | +7% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,450 | $1,939 | -50% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,990 | $3,293 | -23% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,791 | $2,907 | -23% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,032 | $2,990 | -16% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$29,526 | $5,250 | -16% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$55,546 | $12,510 | -11% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$64,750 | $10,463 | -4% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$39,722 | $6,367 | about average |
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.