Hospital Price Engine

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Median commercial negotiated rate by hospital, from each hospital's own disclosure file. The same procedure spans a 3.3× price range across 20 Colorado hospitals. Open in the explorer → — filter by insurer or region, map it, or compare hospitals side by side.

How to read “% of Medicare” Medicare’s payment is a hospital-specific benchmark built from CMS files — adjusted for local wages and case complexity, and roughly pegged to the cost of care. A commercial rate at 300% means a private plan pays about triple that benchmark for the same care at the same hospital. The gap is negotiation, not quality. Full methodology →
Median commercial negotiated rate Medicare benchmark
Mercy Regional Medical Center1 plans
$34,265
CommonSpirit St Anthony Hospital5 plans
$62,899
Intermountain Health St. Mary'S Regional Hospital1 plans
$70,000
CommonSpirit St Anthony North Health Campus4 plans
$76,613
Orthocolorado Hosp At St Anthony Med Campus4 plans
$76,613
HCA HealthONE Presbyterian St. Lukes1 plans
$78,000
HCA HealthONE Rose1 plans
$78,000
HCA HealthONE Swedish Medical Center1 plans
$78,000
HCA HealthONE Mountain Ridge1 plans
$78,000
The Medical Center Of Aurora & South Hospital1 plans
$78,000
Sky Ridge Medical Center1 plans
$78,000
St Anthony Summit Medical Center1 plans
$82,884
Intermountain Health Lutheran Hospital11 plans
$83,996
Intermountain Saint Joseph Hospital11 plans
$83,996
Good Samaritan Medical Center10 plans
$83,996
Longmont United Hospital2 plans
$86,223
Intermountain Health Platte Valley Hospital9 plans
$87,292
CommonSpirit Penrose St Francis Health Services3 plans
$103,468
St Francis Hospital - Interquest3 plans
$103,468
Boulder Community Health1 plans
$112,507

The part you don’t feel

Boulder Community Health $112,507vsMercy Regional Medical Center $34,265 what you pay what your plan pays
Deductible not metearly in the plan year
Boulder Community Health
Mercy Regional Medical Center
$78,242you feel all of it
Deductible met20% coinsurance
Boulder Community Health
Mercy Regional Medical Center
$15,648$62,594 invisible to you
Out-of-pocket max reacheda bad year, or a big surgery
Boulder Community Health
Mercy Regional Medical Center
$0the market goes blind

The gap is $78,242 in every row. The only thing that changes is how much of it reaches the person choosing. Nobody hid the price — the deductible structure hides the difference, and a difference nobody feels is a difference nobody shops. Illustration uses a 20% coinsurance plan with no separate facility or professional bill; your own plan governs.

Detail (click headers to sort, or “why” for cost vs price)

HospitalCommercial medianMedicare% of MedicareEst. cost*Plan rows
Mercy Regional Medical Center$34,265$25,413135%—1
CommonSpirit St Anthony Hospital$62,899$27,349230%—5
Intermountain Health St. Mary'S Regional Hospital$70,000$25,413275%—1
CommonSpirit St Anthony North Health Campus$76,613$25,413301%—4
Orthocolorado Hosp At St Anthony Med Campus$76,613$22,846335%—4
HCA HealthONE Presbyterian St. Lukes$78,000$25,413307%—1
HCA HealthONE Rose$78,000$25,413307%—1
HCA HealthONE Swedish Medical Center$78,000$26,033300%—1
HCA HealthONE Mountain Ridge$78,000$25,413307%—1
The Medical Center Of Aurora & South Hospital$78,000$25,413307%—1
Sky Ridge Medical Center$78,000$28,705272%—1
St Anthony Summit Medical Center$82,884$25,413326%—1
Intermountain Health Lutheran Hospital$83,996$25,413331%—11
Intermountain Saint Joseph Hospital$83,996$25,413331%—11
Good Samaritan Medical Center$83,996$25,413331%—10
Longmont United Hospital$86,223$25,413339%—2
Intermountain Health Platte Valley Hospital$87,292$25,413343%—9
CommonSpirit Penrose St Francis Health Services$103,468$24,344425%—3
St Francis Hospital - Interquest$103,468$25,413407%—3
Boulder Community Health$112,507$25,413443%—1

*Cost estimates use hospital-level cost-to-charge ratios from federal cost reports and are approximate; ~ marks categories (imaging, labs) where they are least precise. "Plan rows" is how many distinct plan rates the hospital published; medians over more rows are sturdier.
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Rexroad Analytics · Data: hospital machine-readable files (45 CFR 180, schema v3.0) retrieved August 21–22, 2026; Medicare benchmarks from CMS claims data and fee schedules; cost estimates from FY2026 CMS cost-report ratios, labeled as estimates. Not medical, legal, or benefits advice. Full methodology → · The American Healthcare Conundrum →