66/100
#777 nationally
Uchealth Yampa Valley Medical Center
1024 Central Park Dr, Steamboat Springs, CO 80487 · (970) 879-1322
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Uchealth Yampa Valley Medical Center billed $4.34 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
- 4.3x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 14
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in CO
- #5
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- Not rated
- 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.
Not published for this hospital — scored at 50% of the component rather than zero, because an absent figure is not a bad one.
Better than 79% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 73% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 71% 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 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
251 | $5,750 | $2,341 | -51% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
182 | $19,121 | $2,791 | about average |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
61 | $7,186 | $1,653 | -29% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
61 | $11,684 | $3,554 | -43% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
53 | $60,817 | $13,174 | about average |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
42 | $5,304 | $1,940 | -55% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
41 | $8,491 | $2,077 | -34% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
36 | $25,872 | $5,883 | -26% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
34 | $36,311 | $7,294 | -9% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
24 | $21,464 | $5,275 | -22% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,121 | $2,791 | about average |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$60,817 | $13,174 | about average |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$77,269 | $18,956 | -7% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$36,311 | $7,294 | -9% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,077 | $3,300 | -16% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,464 | $5,275 | -22% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,872 | $5,883 | -26% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,186 | $1,653 | -29% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,304 | $1,940 | -55% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,750 | $2,341 | -51% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,663 | $3,250 | -49% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,684 | $3,554 | -43% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,287 | $3,527 | -43% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,491 | $2,077 | -34% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,186 | $1,653 | -29% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,872 | $5,883 | -26% |
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.