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Colorado: one knee, three prices

What Medicare pays Colorado hospitals and surgery centers for knee, hip and shoulder replacement, what hospitals list, and which cost the most and the least.

Surgery center
$8,995
Median Medicare knee rate, 58 orthopedic surgery centers
Hospital, same day
$12,485
Median Medicare allowed amount
Hospital, overnight
$15,258
Median avg total payment (incl. patient share), 17 hospitals

Colorado has no certificate-of-need law.

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Lowest average total payment per stay

HospitalCityInpatient avg total paymentList priceOutpatient allowed
Foothills HospitalBoulder$13,828$117,350$12,415
Adventhealth Castle RockCastle Rock$14,018$114,857$12,437
Adventhealth ParkerParker$14,174$109,790$12,510
St Francis Hospital - InterquestColorado Springs$14,491$78,194$12,510
Uchealth Grandview HospitalColorado Springs$14,730$103,766$12,438
Penrose HospitalColorado Springs$14,892$87,967$12,450
Poudre Valley HospitalFort Collins$14,998$101,736$12,398
Hca Healthone SwedishEnglewood$15,130$250,057$12,405
Hca Healthone RoseDenver$15,258$196,216$12,262
Hca Healthone Sky RidgeLone Tree$15,927$241,461$12,319

Highest average total payment per stay

HospitalCityInpatient avg total paymentList priceOutpatient allowed
Hca Healthone Presbyterian St LukesDenver$22,000$273,060$12,510
University of Colorado Hospital AuthorityAurora$19,575$146,997$12,430
Adventhealth PorterDenver$19,427$89,612$12,485
St Mary-Corwin HospitalPueblo$19,176$103,010$12,378
St Elizabeth HospitalFort Morgan$18,641$75,692—
San Luis Valley HealthAlamosa$16,442$49,930$13,396
Hca Healthone AuroraAurora$16,153$236,739$12,359
Hca Healthone Sky RidgeLone Tree$15,927$241,461$12,319
Hca Healthone RoseDenver$15,258$196,216$12,262
Hca Healthone SwedishEnglewood$15,130$250,057$12,405

Every Colorado hospital (49)

Orthopedic surgery centers (58)

Questions

How much does Medicare pay for a knee replacement in Colorado?

In 2024 the median average total payment to Colorado hospitals was $15,258 per Medicare inpatient hip or knee replacement stay (MS-DRG 470, 17 hospitals; Medicare's payment plus the patient's share), and the median Medicare allowed amount was $12,485 per outpatient case. An orthopedic surgery center is paid about $8,995 for a knee.

Which Colorado hospitals have the lowest Medicare payment for a joint replacement?

Foothills Hospital ($13,828), Adventhealth Castle Rock ($14,018), Adventhealth Parker ($14,174) (average total payment per inpatient stay, patient share included).

What do Colorado hospitals list for a joint replacement?

The median list (chargemaster) price is $109,790, about 7.2× the median average total payment for a Medicare stay.

Does Colorado have a certificate-of-need law?

Colorado has no certificate-of-need law. No certificate of need program; the state repealed its CON law in 1987.