39/100
#1,618 nationally
Mercy Regional Medical Center
1010 Three Springs Blvd, Durango, CO 81301 · (970) 247-4311
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Mercy Regional Medical Center billed $5.21 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
- 5.2x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 60
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CO
- #17
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 5/5
- 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 50% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 39% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 34% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 21% 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 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
137 | $90,109 | $13,310 | +44% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
110 | $27,375 | $2,770 | +41% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
109 | $15,984 | $3,328 | -37% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
108 | $61,797 | $19,455 | -5% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
105 | $15,705 | $1,637 | +56% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
90 | $47,166 | $12,577 | +9% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
90 | $52,206 | $5,883 | +49% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
81 | $11,846 | $1,940 | about average |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
73 | $36,135 | $5,218 | +32% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
62 | $25,395 | $3,240 | +25% |
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 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$36,240 | $1,919 | +219% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$33,677 | $2,897 | +90% |
|
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$209,911 | $31,563 | +86% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,830 | $1,633 | +85% |
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion with Complications
MS-DRG 454 · Inpatient stay |
$367,559 | $64,399 | +65% |
|
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$65,072 | $6,648 | +65% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$49,403 | $9,408 | +62% |
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 455 · Inpatient stay |
$281,042 | $54,300 | +59% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,793 | $5,828 | -52% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,984 | $3,328 | -37% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (severe)
MS-DRG 377 · Inpatient stay |
$46,528 | $17,244 | -35% |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (severe)
MS-DRG 321 · Inpatient stay |
$107,255 | $31,015 | -25% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (with complications)
MS-DRG 378 · Inpatient stay |
$31,815 | $9,548 | -23% |
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 329 · Inpatient stay |
$141,317 | $43,318 | -21% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$151,050 | $57,290 | -15% |
|
Pulmonary Embolism with Major Complications or Acute Cor Pulmonale
MS-DRG 175 · Inpatient stay |
$46,707 | $14,694 | -14% |
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.