All published prices at University Of Colorado Hospital Authority

225 procedures, each showing what the hospital billed, what that care was actually paid for, and how the charge compares with the national middle for the same coded work.

Procedure	Patients	Charged	Actually paid	vs national
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Complications MS-DRG 243 · Inpatient stay	13	$188,059	$22,858	+101%
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization without Major MS-DRG 287 · Inpatient stay	13	$118,072	$12,765	+117%
Irregular Heartbeat (severe) MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay	13	$94,622	$13,595	+100%
Heart Catheter Procedure (severe) MS-DRG 321 · Inpatient stay	13	$238,537	$32,758	+66%
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (severe) MS-DRG 480 · Inpatient stay	13	$264,962	$26,932	+125%
Tracheostomy with Mechanical Ventilation >96 Hours or Principal Diagnosis Except Face MS-DRG 004 · Inpatient stay	13	$731,641	$125,466	+36%
Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplant MS-DRG 014 · Inpatient stay	13	$672,968	$121,176	+36%
Hernia Procedures Except Inguinal and Femoral with Complications MS-DRG 354 · Inpatient stay	13	$92,311	$19,085	+9%
Kidney and Ureter Procedures for Non-neoplasm with Major Complications MS-DRG 659 · Inpatient stay	13	$251,800	$31,169	+156%
Reticuloendothelial and Immunity Disorders with Complications MS-DRG 815 · Inpatient stay	13	$81,053	$12,492	+8%
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Complications MS-DRG 300 · Inpatient stay	12	$59,277	$12,950	+38%
Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Procedures with Major Complications MS-DRG 673 · Inpatient stay	12	$254,701	$40,876	+65%
Major Chest Trauma with Complications MS-DRG 184 · Inpatient stay	12	$85,763	$12,242	+75%
Peritoneal Adhesiolysis with Complications MS-DRG 336 · Inpatient stay	12	$118,370	$21,851	+19%
Major Hematological and Immunological Diagnoses Except Sickle Cell Crisis and Coagulatio MS-DRG 809 · Inpatient stay	12	$157,089	$19,800	+186%
Other Operating Room Procedures for Injuries with Major Complications MS-DRG 907 · Inpatient stay	12	$297,572	$45,449	+72%
Hip or Knee Replacement (severe) MS-DRG 469 · Inpatient stay	12	$470,692	$87,976	+234%
Back and Neck Procedures Except Spinal Fusion with Major Complications or Disc Device or MS-DRG 518 · Inpatient stay	12	$204,037	$35,651	about average
Uterine and Adnexa Procedures for Non-malignancy without Complications/mcc MS-DRG 743 · Inpatient stay	12	$92,648	$12,217	+44%
Level 5 Gynecologic Procedures APC 5415 · Hospital outpatient visit	12	$34,124	$4,735	+14%
Coronary Bypass without Cardiac Catheterization without Major Complications MS-DRG 236 · Inpatient stay	11	$265,762	$40,636	+45%
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical with Major Complications MS-DRG 459 · Inpatient stay	11	$439,051	$55,035	+72%
Lower Extremity and Humerus Procedures Except Hip, Foot and Femur with Complications MS-DRG 493 · Inpatient stay	11	$175,805	$25,463	+73%
Pathological Fractures and Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue Malignancy with Major MS-DRG 542 · Inpatient stay	11	$252,671	$18,905	+269%
Level 4 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures APC 5224 · Hospital outpatient visit	11	$201,331	$16,972	+111%

These figures are averages across this hospital's Medicare patients in the most recent federal data year. They are not a quote and not your bill. For your own case, ask the hospital for a written good-faith estimate and check its published machine-readable price file.