Denver, CO 80220 · CMS Certification Number 060032. What Medicare pays this hospital for knee, hip and shoulder replacement, what it lists, how it compares, and what a surgery center nearby is paid.
| Operation | Inpatient avg total payment Medicare + patient share | List price | List ÷ total | Outpatient Medicare allowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hip or knee replacement | $15,258 | $196,216 | 12.9× | $12,262 |
| Shoulder replacement | $19,822 | $387,769 | 19.6× | $17,701 |
| MS-DRG 470 | Median across insurers | × Medicare total payment | Lowest–highest insurer | Insurers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hip or knee replacement | $19,548 | 1.3× | $12,572–$33,586 | 10 |
| Insurer | Median negotiated, MS-DRG 470 | × Medicare total payment | Plans |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Mountain Health Plan | $33,586 | 2.2× | 1 |
| UnitedHealthcare | $28,658 | 1.9× | 1 |
| Wppa | $26,619 | 1.7× | 1 |
| Cigna | $26,486 | 1.7× | 1 |
| Kaiser Permanente | $22,030 | 1.4× | 1 |
| Delaware Life Insurance | $17,067 | 1.1× | 1 |
| Aetna | $15,950 | 1.0× | 1 |
| Bright Health | $15,950 | 1.0× | 1 |
| Rocky Mountain Health | $15,950 | 1.0× | 1 |
| Elevance/Anthem/Empire | $12,572 | 0.8× | 1 |
From the hospital's price-transparency file (2026-09-01); commercial plans, dollar-amount contracts only.
From the hospital's price-transparency file (2026-09-01); commercial plans, dollar-amount contracts only.
Complications after hip or knee replacement: 3% (no different from the national rate). Readmissions: 5.2%. Overall Care Compare rating: 4 of 5 stars. For-profit · Acute · 422 beds
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In 2024 the average total payment to Hca Healthone Rose for an inpatient hip or knee replacement stay was $15,258 (MS-DRG 470, 101 Medicare stays; Medicare's payment plus the patient's deductible and coinsurance), and the Medicare allowed amount averaged $12,262 per outpatient case (APC 5115, 219 cases).
The hospital's average list (chargemaster) price for an inpatient hip or knee replacement was $196,216, 12.9× the average total payment for a Medicare stay. Almost nobody pays the list price; it matters for uninsured bills and percent-of-charge contracts.
Yes for Medicare facility payments. Rose Surgical Center, an orthopedic surgery center same ZIP away, is paid about $8,995 by Medicare for a knee replacement (CPT 27447), $6,263 less than an inpatient stay at Hca Healthone Rose. Not every patient is a surgery-center candidate.
Hca Healthone Rose's average total payment per Medicare stay is higher than 53% of the 17 Colorado hospitals that report inpatient hip or knee replacement.
From the hospital's own price-transparency file, commercial plans' negotiated rates for MS-DRG 470 have a median of $19,548 across 10 insurers, ranging from $12,572 to $33,586.