22/100
#2,131 nationally
Uch-Memorial Health System
1400 E Boulder St, Colorado Springs, CO 80909 · (719) 365-5000
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Uch-Memorial Health System billed $7.62 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
- 7.6x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 194
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CO
- #31
- 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 15% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 21% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 25% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 36% 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 |
1,916 | $35,021 | $2,593 | +80% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
326 | $101,472 | $14,670 | +56% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
317 | $13,231 | $1,528 | +31% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
284 | $39,805 | $5,427 | +13% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
252 | $55,743 | $9,985 | +28% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
251 | $19,225 | $1,808 | +64% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
241 | $34,560 | $3,088 | +37% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
218 | $25,816 | $3,034 | +35% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
201 | $211,841 | $22,494 | +60% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
193 | $32,953 | $4,926 | +20% |
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 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,304 | $650 | +229% |
|
Complex GI Procedures
APC 5331 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$68,620 | $5,271 | +129% |
|
Aortic and Heart Assist Procedures Except Pulsation Balloon without Major Complications
MS-DRG 269 · Inpatient stay |
$353,865 | $36,488 | +114% |
|
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy without Major
MS-DRG 897 · Inpatient stay |
$67,724 | $6,995 | +108% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,199 | $1,530 | +98% |
|
Other Cerebrovascular Disorders with Complications
MS-DRG 071 · Inpatient stay |
$86,132 | $8,428 | +94% |
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion with Complications
MS-DRG 454 · Inpatient stay |
$425,097 | $55,544 | +91% |
|
Major Joint or Limb Reattachment Procedures of Upper Extremities
MS-DRG 483 · Inpatient stay |
$195,043 | $20,502 | +90% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Cardiothoracic Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 228 · Inpatient stay |
$162,850 | $37,594 | -28% |
|
Other Cardiothoracic Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 229 · Inpatient stay |
$123,207 | $26,408 | -19% |
|
Peritoneal Adhesiolysis with Complications
MS-DRG 336 · Inpatient stay |
$82,356 | $17,335 | -17% |
|
Stomach, Esophageal and Duodenal Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 327 · Inpatient stay |
$106,397 | $20,800 | -8% |
|
Postoperative and Post-traumatic Infections with Major Complications
MS-DRG 862 · Inpatient stay |
$70,349 | $14,172 | -5% |
|
Other Operating Room Procedures for Injuries with Complications
MS-DRG 908 · Inpatient stay |
$86,602 | $15,441 | -4% |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 266 · Inpatient stay |
$233,636 | $49,938 | about average |
|
Major Chest Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 165 · Inpatient stay |
$81,232 | $17,471 | about average |
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.