4/100
#2,553 nationally
The Medical Center Of Aurora & South Hospital
1501 S Potomac St, Aurora, CO 80012 · (303) 873-5511
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, The Medical Center Of Aurora & South Hospital billed $12.93 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
- 12.9x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 78
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CO
- #40
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- 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 5% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 3% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 9% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
274 | $193,549 | $16,748 | +197% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
218 | $64,727 | $2,606 | +233% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
215 | $208,146 | $12,359 | +233% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
127 | $190,786 | $22,550 | +44% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
110 | $73,288 | $3,107 | +190% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
94 | $90,271 | $12,487 | +150% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
86 | $108,806 | $11,311 | +151% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
67 | $29,822 | $1,507 | +196% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
65 | $137,943 | $10,157 | +168% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
60 | $114,128 | $13,620 | +107% |
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 5 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5155 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$167,371 | $6,403 | +335% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$86,740 | $3,082 | +326% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$36,377 | $1,525 | +324% |
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$142,572 | $5,231 | +295% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
$488,388 | $25,574 | +292% |
|
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization with Major
MS-DRG 286 · Inpatient stay |
$335,807 | $22,047 | +282% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$68,778 | $3,034 | +260% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$62,920 | $2,705 | +256% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence with Rehabilitation Therapy
MS-DRG 895 · Inpatient stay |
$45,302 | $12,750 | +29% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$190,786 | $22,550 | +44% |
|
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability
MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay |
$80,802 | $12,780 | +62% |
|
Cranial and Peripheral Nerve Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 074 · Inpatient stay |
$81,058 | $8,154 | +70% |
|
Other Disorders of Nervous System with Major Complications
MS-DRG 091 · Inpatient stay |
$137,271 | $14,398 | +93% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$124,544 | $13,421 | +103% |
|
Diabetes with Major Complications
MS-DRG 637 · Inpatient stay |
$115,538 | $12,409 | +105% |
|
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Complications
MS-DRG 243 · Inpatient stay |
$193,456 | $18,774 | +107% |
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.