Respiratory Failure Cost in Colorado — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for pulmonary edema and respiratory failure, often requiring ventilator support.
State average
$21,826
gross charge · DRG 189
Hospitals
5
with published pricing
Price range
$9,325 – $33,796
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Gunnison Valley Health Hospital
Gunnison, CO
Gross charge $9,325Cash pay $7,926 - 2
The Memorial Hospital
Craig, CO
Gross charge $16,951Cash pay $11,018 - 3
Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center
Salida, CO
Gross charge $18,251Cash pay $15,513 - 4
Montrose Regional Health
Montrose, CO
Gross charge $30,809Cash pay $23,107Medicare pays (avg) $8,741 - 5
Spanish Peaks Regional Health Center
Walsenburg, CO
Gross charge $33,796Cash pay $30,416 - 6Gross charge —Cash pay $19,598Medicare pays (avg) $8,911
- 7
CommonSpirit Longmont United Hospital
Longmont, CO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,494 - 8
San Luis Valley Health Regional Medical Center
Alamosa, CO
Gross charge — - 9
UCHealth Poudre Valley Hospital
Fort Collins, CO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,402 - 10
Denver Health & Hospital Authority
Denver, CO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $17,031 - 11
Mercy Regional Medical Center
Durango, CO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,393 - 12
HCA HealthOne Presbyterian St. Lukes
Denver, CO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,478 - 13
CommonSpirit St. Anthony Hospital (Acute Care)
Lakewood, CO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,379 - 14
UCHealth Parkview Medical Center
Pueblo, CO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,737 - 15
Uch-Memorial Health System
Colorado Springs, CO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,345 - 16
UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital
Aurora, CO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,287 - 17
Boulder Community Health
Boulder, CO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,967 - 18Gross charge —Cash pay $19,598
- 19
Centura Health-Penrose St Francis Health Services
Colorado Springs, CO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,923 - 20
HCA Healthone Rose
Denver, CO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,842 - 21
UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center
Steamboat Springs, CO
Gross charge — - 22
Community Hospital
Grand Junction, CO
Gross charge — - 23
HCA Healthone Mountain Ridge
Thornton, CO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,638 - 24
Valley View Hospital Association
Glenwood Springs, CO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,745 - 25Gross charge —Cash pay $19,598
- 26
Centura Health-St Anthony North Health Campus
Westminster, CO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,594 - 27
Sky Ridge Medical Center (Acute Care)
Lone Tree, CO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,751 - 28
Animas Surgical Hospital
Durango, CO
Gross charge — - 29
UCHealth Medical Center of the Rockies
Loveland, CO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,088 - 30
Orthocolorado Hospital at St Anthony Med Campus
Lakewood, CO
Gross charge — - 31Gross charge —Cash pay $19,598
- 32
UCHealth Longs Peak Hospital
Longmont, CO
Gross charge — - 33
UCHealth Broomfield Hospital
Broomfield, CO
Gross charge — - 34
UCHealth Grandview Hospital
Colorado Springs, CO
Gross charge — - 35
UCHealth Greeley Hospital
Greeley, CO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,378 - 36
UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital
Highlands Ranch, CO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,320 - 37
CommonSpirit St. Francis Hospital
Colorado Springs, CO
Gross charge — - 38Gross charge —Cash pay $19,598
- 39
UCHealth Pikes Peak Regional Hospital
Woodland Park, CO
Gross charge — - 40
CommonSpirit St. Thomas More Hospital
Canon City, CO
Gross charge — - 41
San Luis Valley Health Conejos County Hospital
La Jara, CO
Gross charge — - 42
CommonSpirit St. Mary-Corwin Hospital
Pueblo, CO
Gross charge — - 43
CommonSpirit St. Elizabeth Hospital
Fort Morgan, CO
Gross charge — - 44
CommonSpirit St. Anthony Summit Hospital
Frisco, CO
Gross charge —
5 Colorado hospitals list a gross charge for respiratory failure under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $9,325 to $33,796. The cheapest is Gunnison Valley Health Hospital in Gunnison; the most expensive is Spanish Peaks Regional Health Center in Walsenburg. The state average sits at $21,826.
What's published is the gross charge — the starting point, not what you'd actually owe. Insurance plans negotiate substantial discounts, Medicare and Medicaid pay fixed federal rates, and uninsured patients can usually qualify for a cash-pay discount. But the gross charge still works as a useful benchmark: a hospital that lists respiratory failure at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
You usually don't choose a hospital during an urgent respiratory failure admission. This page is for the planning side: patients with chronic conditions weighing their options, caregivers picking ahead of time, or employers comparing in-network facilities. Click any hospital name for its full quality profile — CMS overall star rating, mortality and readmission rates, patient-experience scores. When two nearby hospitals look similar on quality, the one with lower published charges is the safer default for routine medical admissions.
Pricing comes from each hospital's Machine-Readable File (MRF), published under the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule. Colorado hospitals missing from the list either don't perform respiratory failure in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 189 in their most recent MRF, or fell below our data-quality thresholds (we filter out clearly erroneous entries like $0 charges). The list refreshes as hospitals update their files.