Ungraded
#581 nationally
Sterling Regional Medcenter
615 Fairhurst St, Sterling, CO 80751 · (970) 522-0122
Not enough published pricing to grade
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Sterling Regional Medcenter billed $1.79 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
- 1.8x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 7
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CO
- #2
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 3/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
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 |
76 | $8,429 | $2,791 | -57% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
62 | $20,277 | $22,468 | -69% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
23 | $21,892 | $14,661 | -50% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
17 | $8,543 | $1,653 | -15% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
14 | $15,645 | $11,784 | -60% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
12 | $75,451 | $13,396 | +21% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
11 | $52,703 | $6,766 | +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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$52,703 | $6,766 | +32% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$75,451 | $13,396 | +21% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,543 | $1,653 | -15% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$21,892 | $14,661 | -50% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,429 | $2,791 | -57% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$15,645 | $11,784 | -60% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$20,277 | $22,468 | -69% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$20,277 | $22,468 | -69% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$15,645 | $11,784 | -60% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,429 | $2,791 | -57% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$21,892 | $14,661 | -50% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,543 | $1,653 | -15% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$75,451 | $13,396 | +21% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$52,703 | $6,766 | +32% |
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.