Englewood, CO 80113 · CMS Certification Number 060034. 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 | $15,130 | $250,057 | 16.5× | $12,405 |
| Shoulder replacement | $25,865 | $216,190 | 8.4× | $17,701 |
| Hip replacement after a fracture (DRG 522) | $16,346 | $237,488 | 14.5× | — |
| MS-DRG 470 | Median across insurers | × Medicare total payment | Lowest–highest insurer | Insurers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hip or knee replacement | $20,998 | 1.4× | $11,644–$33,586 | 10 |
| Insurer | Median negotiated, MS-DRG 470 | × Medicare total payment | Plans |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Mountain Health Plan | $33,586 | 2.2× | 1 |
| Cigna | $28,743 | 1.9× | 1 |
| UnitedHealthcare | $27,030 | 1.8× | 1 |
| Wppa | $26,619 | 1.8× | 1 |
| Kaiser Permanente | $24,781 | 1.6× | 1 |
| Delaware Life Insurance | $17,216 | 1.1× | 1 |
| Aetna | $16,715 | 1.1× | 1 |
| Bright Health | $16,715 | 1.1× | 1 |
| Rocky Mountain Health | $16,715 | 1.1× | 1 |
| Elevance/Anthem/Empire | $11,644 | 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: 3.3% (no different from the national rate). Readmissions: 4.7%. Overall Care Compare rating: 4 of 5 stars. For-profit · Acute · 408 beds
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In 2024 the average total payment to Hca Healthone Swedish for an inpatient hip or knee replacement stay was $15,130 (MS-DRG 470, 29 Medicare stays; Medicare's payment plus the patient's deductible and coinsurance), and the Medicare allowed amount averaged $12,405 per outpatient case (APC 5115, 103 cases).
The hospital's average list (chargemaster) price for an inpatient hip or knee replacement was $250,057, 16.5× 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. Synergy Surgery Center, an orthopedic surgery center same ZIP away, is paid about $8,995 by Medicare for a knee replacement (CPT 27447), $6,135 less than an inpatient stay at Hca Healthone Swedish. Not every patient is a surgery-center candidate.
Hca Healthone Swedish's average total payment per Medicare stay is lower 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 $20,998 across 10 insurers, ranging from $11,644 to $33,586.