2/100
#2,600 nationally
Sky Ridge Medical Center
10101 Ridgegate Pkwy, Lone Tree, CO 80124 · (720) 225-1000
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Sky Ridge Medical Center billed $14.38 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
- 14.4x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 84
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CO
- #43
- 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 3% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 2% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 1% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 3% 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 |
284 | $240,882 | $12,319 | +286% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
281 | $189,750 | $17,318 | +191% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
161 | $75,907 | $2,542 | +291% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
155 | $219,035 | $9,687 | +267% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
89 | $213,929 | $10,463 | +216% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
81 | $164,810 | $6,676 | +313% |
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion with Complications
MS-DRG 454 · Inpatient stay |
72 | $539,621 | $53,474 | +143% |
|
Level 6 Urology and Related Services
APC 5376 · Hospital outpatient visit |
70 | $161,040 | $8,767 | +262% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
68 | $150,914 | $5,428 | +330% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
65 | $67,215 | $2,999 | +252% |
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 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$113,320 | $3,026 | +456% |
|
Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5414 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$97,523 | $2,976 | +437% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$120,222 | $3,565 | +430% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$127,630 | $3,066 | +406% |
|
Level 5 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5155 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$192,702 | $6,515 | +401% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$63,829 | $1,939 | +394% |
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
$152,151 | $8,324 | +379% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$130,258 | $4,861 | +374% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Operating Room Procedures for Injuries with Major Complications
MS-DRG 907 · Inpatient stay |
$305,851 | $33,357 | +77% |
|
Pulmonary Embolism with Major Complications or Acute Cor Pulmonale
MS-DRG 175 · Inpatient stay |
$99,933 | $10,340 | +83% |
|
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability
MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay |
$105,159 | $14,121 | +111% |
|
Digestive Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 391 · Inpatient stay |
$108,935 | $11,541 | +112% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (severe)
MS-DRG 377 · Inpatient stay |
$151,483 | $15,682 | +113% |
|
Dysequilibrium
MS-DRG 149 · Inpatient stay |
$86,634 | $6,709 | +121% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (with complications)
MS-DRG 699 · Inpatient stay |
$84,605 | $9,055 | +124% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$108,765 | $11,179 | +125% |
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.