40/100
#1,600 nationally
Poudre Valley Hospital
1024 S Lemay Ave, Fort Collins, CO 80524 · (970) 495-7000
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Poudre Valley Hospital billed $5.78 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
- 5.8x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 99
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CO
- #16
- 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 31% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 45% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 38% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 60% 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 |
822 | $23,262 | $2,586 | +20% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
485 | $87,031 | $12,398 | +39% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
332 | $10,354 | $1,529 | about average |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
232 | $11,034 | $1,805 | -6% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
225 | $76,447 | $15,898 | +17% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
222 | $70,905 | $17,484 | -15% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
153 | $41,566 | $5,493 | +18% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
150 | $42,511 | $6,704 | +7% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
130 | $132,794 | $22,550 | about average |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
124 | $26,889 | $3,062 | +32% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Pathological Fractures and Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue Malignancy with
MS-DRG 543 · Inpatient stay |
$75,479 | $8,728 | +82% |
|
Cochlear Implant Procedure
APC 5166 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$202,186 | $31,826 | +66% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$37,674 | $3,293 | +62% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$74,597 | $11,712 | +54% |
|
Heart Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 292 · Inpatient stay |
$50,168 | $7,290 | +52% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,269 | $1,939 | +49% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,994 | $1,838 | +41% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$87,031 | $12,398 | +39% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Complications of Treatment with Major Complications
MS-DRG 919 · Inpatient stay |
$47,086 | $14,587 | -37% |
|
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 468 · Inpatient stay |
$77,710 | $20,829 | -28% |
|
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy without C.d.e. with Complications
MS-DRG 418 · Inpatient stay |
$61,779 | $13,174 | -25% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$58,359 | $16,309 | -24% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$136,613 | $34,756 | -23% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$26,970 | $5,441 | -22% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$33,385 | $9,838 | -20% |
|
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy with Major Complications
MS-DRG 896 · Inpatient stay |
$53,664 | $13,651 | -18% |
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.