18/100
#2,229 nationally
Parkview Medical Center, Inc
400 W 16Th St, Pueblo, CO 81003 · (719) 584-4000
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Parkview Medical Center, Inc billed $8.15 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
- 8.2x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 99
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CO
- #35
- 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 15% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 17% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 19% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 29% 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 |
628 | $36,860 | $2,586 | +90% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
283 | $109,208 | $15,732 | +67% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
190 | $133,727 | $12,510 | +114% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
137 | $36,317 | $3,091 | +44% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
132 | $45,850 | $4,907 | +67% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
100 | $12,778 | $1,531 | +27% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
93 | $78,199 | $11,103 | +80% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
85 | $111,150 | $10,463 | +64% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
81 | $81,074 | $5,440 | +131% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
81 | $30,248 | $3,319 | +47% |
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 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$112,801 | $6,208 | +186% |
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$85,247 | $5,231 | +136% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$81,074 | $5,440 | +131% |
|
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$53,124 | $3,629 | +123% |
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 330 · Inpatient stay |
$219,619 | $20,532 | +119% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$133,727 | $12,510 | +114% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$125,471 | $9,792 | +110% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$107,844 | $10,157 | +109% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,930 | $1,811 | -24% |
|
Level 4 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5464 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$70,250 | $20,772 | -13% |
|
Level 2 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5212 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$40,498 | $7,109 | -9% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
$120,792 | $26,285 | -3% |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 266 · Inpatient stay |
$248,236 | $50,344 | +3% |
|
Sepsis
MS-DRG 870 · Inpatient stay |
$281,822 | $52,529 | +5% |
|
Level 3 Lower GI Procedures
APC 5313 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,979 | $2,581 | +8% |
|
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 057 · Inpatient stay |
$52,403 | $11,259 | +9% |
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.