63/100
#850 nationally
Montrose Regional Health
800 S 3Rd St, Montrose, CO 81401 · (970) 249-2211
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Montrose Regional Health billed $4.51 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
- 4.5x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 35
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CO
- #7
- 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 65% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 66% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 59% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 59% 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 |
274 | $14,455 | $2,791 | -26% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
136 | $58,662 | $13,396 | -6% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
90 | $17,560 | $3,303 | -30% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
84 | $8,955 | $2,077 | -31% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
70 | $10,436 | $1,969 | -8% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
49 | $40,288 | $15,038 | -38% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
46 | $33,913 | $5,781 | -3% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
41 | $8,108 | $1,653 | -20% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
41 | $26,428 | $5,275 | -4% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
39 | $23,301 | $3,554 | +13% |
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 4 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5414 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$23,087 | $3,187 | +27% |
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,882 | $1,730 | +22% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$26,959 | $3,527 | +16% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$26,102 | $3,818 | +15% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$95,423 | $18,956 | +15% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$23,301 | $3,554 | +13% |
|
Level 5 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5155 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$42,691 | $6,978 | +11% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$41,233 | $7,294 | +3% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$18,956 | $9,888 | -56% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$22,042 | $9,211 | -46% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
$26,397 | $9,484 | -44% |
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 329 · Inpatient stay |
$105,916 | $33,484 | -41% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$40,288 | $15,038 | -38% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$30,535 | $9,673 | -37% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,134 | $1,639 | -36% |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (severe)
MS-DRG 321 · Inpatient stay |
$94,359 | $21,710 | -34% |
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.