15/100
#2,298 nationally
Saint Joseph Hospital
1375 E 19Th Ave, Denver, CO 80218 · (303) 812-2000
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Saint Joseph Hospital billed $7.70 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
- 7.7x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 43
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CO
- #37
- 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 13% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 22% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 15% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 5% 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 |
355 | $27,350 | $2,571 | +41% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
247 | $17,980 | $3,080 | -29% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
186 | $211,301 | $28,342 | +70% |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 266 · Inpatient stay |
147 | $399,873 | $55,487 | +66% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
97 | $119,320 | $19,823 | +83% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
92 | $246,311 | $22,338 | +86% |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures without Major
MS-DRG 267 · Inpatient stay |
77 | $375,143 | $41,787 | +98% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
63 | $13,892 | $1,544 | +38% |
|
Level 5 ENT Procedures
APC 5165 · Hospital outpatient visit |
60 | $50,060 | $5,575 | +46% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
55 | $72,403 | $13,656 | +67% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Respiratory Infection (with complications)
MS-DRG 178 · Inpatient stay |
$179,421 | $13,026 | +383% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$177,696 | $22,437 | +223% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$180,914 | $23,119 | +218% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$116,361 | $11,937 | +178% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$118,918 | $14,136 | +146% |
|
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization with Major
MS-DRG 286 · Inpatient stay |
$205,259 | $26,452 | +133% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$358,723 | $56,483 | +102% |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures without Major
MS-DRG 267 · Inpatient stay |
$375,143 | $41,787 | +98% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,980 | $3,080 | -29% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$63,193 | $12,027 | about average |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$40,846 | $9,865 | +4% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$36,385 | $9,709 | +10% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$45,016 | $11,720 | +10% |
|
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$27,326 | $3,629 | +15% |
|
Level 5 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5155 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$45,871 | $6,416 | +19% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$80,826 | $10,061 | +19% |
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.