Outpatient procedure · APC 8011

Comprehensive Observation Services

In 2024, Medicare and patients paid an average of $2,634 per procedure at 2,753 hospitals. Half of hospitals averaged between $2,362 and $2,697.

Also known as: Observation stay

National figures, 2024

Average payment per case: $2,634
Typical range (middle half of hospitals): $2,362–$2,697
Medicare’s share: $2,09079% of the payment
Average billed charge: $24,060
Hospitals reporting: 2,753815,315 procedures

Hospitals in Colorado

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Average payment across these 48 hospitals: $2,608National $2,634 · Colorado $2,608
Median hospital: $2,606
Lowest to highest: $2,542–$2,791
Medicare procedures: 13,460

48 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare procedures for this in 2024. Download as CSV

Medicare payments per case for Comprehensive Observation Services by hospital, 2024
Hospital	Cases	Average payment	vs national average	Medicare paid	Billed charge
Sky Ridge Medical CenterLone Tree, CO · CCN 060112	161	$2,542	About average	$2,011	$75,907
Swedish Medical CenterEnglewood, CO · CCN 060034	128	$2,557	About average	$2,027	$66,217
Delta County Memorial HospitalDelta, CO · CCN 060071	73	$2,561	About average	$2,036	$10,802
Centura Health-St Anthony HospitalLakewood, CO · CCN 060015	450	$2,569	About average	$2,038	$34,185
AdventHealth AvistaLouisville, CO · CCN 060103	59	$2,571	About average	$2,034	$44,844
Saint Joseph HospitalDenver, CO · CCN 060028	355	$2,571	About average	$2,038	$27,350
Centura Health-Penrose St Francis Health ServicesColorado Springs, CO · CCN 060031	736	$2,574	About average	$2,042	$37,034
Intermountain Health Platte Valley HospitalBrighton, CO · CCN 060004	137	$2,575	About average	$2,046	$29,187
University Of Colorado Hospital AuthorityAurora, CO · CCN 060024 · +$353 outlier payments per case	1,420	$2,579	About average	$2,049	$43,843
Intermountain Health Lutheran HospitalWheat Ridge, CO · CCN 060009	536	$2,583	About average	$2,053	$34,631
Longs Peak HospitalLongmont, CO · CCN 060128	362	$2,583	About average	$2,053	$35,304
Poudre Valley HospitalFort Collins, CO · CCN 060010	822	$2,586	About average	$2,055	$23,262
Parkview Medical Center, IncPueblo, CO · CCN 060020	628	$2,586	About average	$2,056	$36,860
Banner North Colorado Medical CenterGreeley, CO · CCN 060001	232	$2,589	About average	$2,054	$11,099
Banner North Co Medical Center - Loveland CampusLoveland, CO · CCN 060030	143	$2,591	About average	$2,062	$11,932
Medical Center Of The RockiesLoveland, CO · CCN 060119	603	$2,592	About average	$2,062	$23,382
UCHealth Highlands Ranch HospitalHighlands Ranch, CO · CCN 060132	466	$2,592	About average	$2,063	$36,663
UCH-Memorial Health SystemColorado Springs, CO · CCN 060022	1,916	$2,593	About average	$2,062	$35,021
Longmont United HospitalLongmont, CO · CCN 060003	150	$2,597	About average	$2,067	$39,393
Boulder Community HealthBoulder, CO · CCN 060027	347	$2,598	About average	$2,070	$38,008
Centura Health-St Anthony North Health CampusWestminster, CO · CCN 060104	320	$2,600	About average	$2,068	$40,484
AdventHealth ParkerParker, CO · CCN 060114	78	$2,606	About average	$2,076	$49,764
AdventHealth PorterDenver, CO · CCN 060064 · +$1,039 outlier payments per case	67	$2,606	About average	$2,076	$48,193
Community HospitalGrand Junction, CO · CCN 060054	173	$2,606	About average	$2,076	$28,408
HCA Healthone Mountain RidgeThornton, CO · CCN 060065	56	$2,606	About average	$2,076	$83,387
HCA Healthone Presbyterian St. LukesDenver, CO · CCN 060014	69	$2,606	About average	$2,076	$63,556
UCHealth Grandview HospitalColorado Springs, CO · CCN 060130	45	$2,606	About average	$2,076	$27,511
Banner Fort Collins Medical CenterFort Collins, CO · CCN 060126	28	$2,606	About average	$2,076	$10,489
Good Samaritan Medical Center LLCLafayette, CO · CCN 060116	257	$2,606	About average	$2,076	$34,003
St Francis Hospital - InterquestColorado Springs, CO · CCN 060133	14	$2,606	About average	$2,076	$37,170
St Mary-Corwin HospitalPueblo, CO · CCN 060012	11	$2,606	About average	$2,076	$28,227
UCHealth Broomfield HospitalBroomfield, CO · CCN 060129	26	$2,606	About average	$2,076	$31,111
Denver Health & Hospital AuthorityDenver, CO · CCN 060011	151	$2,606	About average	$2,076	$17,549
AdventHealth LittletonLittleton, CO · CCN 060113	166	$2,606	About average	$2,075	$48,755
HCA Healthone RoseDenver, CO · CCN 060032	154	$2,606	About average	$2,075	$63,629
The Medical Center Of Aurora & South HospitalAurora, CO · CCN 060100	218	$2,606	About average	$2,074	$64,727
AdventHealth Castle RockCastle Rock, CO · CCN 060125	81	$2,606	About average	$2,073	$45,750
UCHealth Greeley HospitalGreeley, CO · CCN 060131	383	$2,616	About average	$2,083	$22,208
Intermountain Health St. Mary's Regional HospitalGrand Junction, CO · CCN 060023	301	$2,754	About average	$2,186	$19,792
St Elizabeth HospitalFort Morgan, CO · CCN 060044	65	$2,757	About average	$2,183	$28,566
Vail Health HospitalVail, CO · CCN 060096	76	$2,761	About average	$2,192	$16,791
Mercy Regional Medical CenterDurango, CO · CCN 060013	110	$2,770	About average	$2,203	$27,375
Valley View Hospital AssociationGlenwood Springs, CO · CCN 060075 · +$306 outlier payments per case	220	$2,781	About average	$2,212	$18,597
Sterling Regional MedCenterSterling, CO · CCN 060076	76	$2,791	About average	$2,223	$8,429
UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical CenterSteamboat Springs, CO · CCN 060049 · +$331 outlier payments per case	182	$2,791	About average	$2,223	$19,121
Montrose Regional HealthMontrose, CO · CCN 060006	274	$2,791	About average	$2,223	$14,455
San Luis Valley Regional Medical CenterAlamosa, CO · CCN 060008	59	$2,791	About average	$2,223	$17,011
St Anthony Summit Medical CenterFrisco, CO · CCN 060118	76	$2,791	About average	$2,219	$34,099

National trend

Average payment and billed charge per procedure, and how many Medicare procedures were reported each year.

Average payment
Average billed charge

2020: 1,019,189 procedures at 2,860 hospitals · 2021: 965,877 procedures at 2,852 hospitals · 2022: 921,225 procedures at 2,850 hospitals · 2023: 863,129 procedures at 2,798 hospitals · 2024: 815,315 procedures at 2,753 hospitals

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National average payment and billed charge for Comprehensive Observation Services
Year of care	Average payment	Average billed charge
2020	$2,173	$19K
2021	$2,303	$20K
2022	$2,330	$22K
2023	$2,422	$23K
2024	$2,634	$24K

By state, 2024

Case-weighted average payment across each state’s reporting hospitals, lowest first.

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Average payment by state for Comprehensive Observation Services, 2024
State	Hospitals	Cases	Average payment	Typical range
Vermont	5	1,308	$1,285	$1,180–$1,485
Alabama	73	8,112	$2,241	$2,169–$2,264
Mississippi	52	11,311	$2,278	$2,235–$2,347
West Virginia	22	5,181	$2,285	$2,226–$2,367
Louisiana	64	14,412	$2,288	$2,259–$2,300
Tennessee	73	16,493	$2,299	$2,237–$2,337
Ohio	110	31,616	$2,317	$2,300–$2,380
Oklahoma	61	11,406	$2,348	$2,322–$2,440
Arkansas	40	11,142	$2,356	$2,302–$2,439
Kentucky	61	15,821	$2,359	$2,296–$2,442
South Carolina	50	15,082	$2,368	$2,308–$2,382
Kansas	33	7,920	$2,377	$2,321–$2,503
Iowa	31	7,279	$2,385	$2,330–$2,467
Missouri	63	15,191	$2,393	$2,335–$2,465
Michigan	81	23,451	$2,410	$2,364–$2,467
Georgia	92	21,579	$2,422	$2,298–$2,481
North Carolina	78	21,007	$2,426	$2,380–$2,450
Texas	233	58,602	$2,445	$2,375–$2,511
Nebraska	19	3,391	$2,450	$2,431–$2,480
Florida	166	77,597	$2,457	$2,443–$2,471
Maine	17	2,448	$2,457	$2,370–$2,519
Virginia	69	26,889	$2,459	$2,332–$2,524
Indiana	73	18,659	$2,464	$2,412–$2,485
New Mexico	22	4,083	$2,469	$2,369–$2,549
Utah	31	3,560	$2,478	$2,429–$2,452
Wisconsin	61	10,886	$2,497	$2,447–$2,538
Idaho	12	2,397	$2,548	$2,440–$2,614
Pennsylvania	122	33,705	$2,553	$2,415–$2,601
Illinois	113	39,922	$2,573	$2,522–$2,604
North Dakota	6	2,780	$2,590	$2,532–$2,653
Montana	10	3,213	$2,595	$2,543–$2,721
Colorado	48	13,460	$2,608	$2,586–$2,606
Minnesota	45	11,221	$2,627	$2,574–$2,716
New Hampshire	13	5,226	$2,637	$2,593–$2,699
South Dakota	11	2,485	$2,638	$2,559–$2,731
Arizona	54	22,819	$2,686	$2,639–$2,669
Delaware	6	4,912	$2,718	$2,698–$2,727
Wyoming	9	1,733	$2,722	$2,695–$2,745
Rhode Island	9	2,010	$2,752	$2,748–$2,778
District of Columbia	6	1,453	$2,758	$2,739–$2,795
Washington	45	8,931	$2,802	$2,728–$2,893
New Jersey	59	36,741	$2,897	$2,835–$3,029
Nevada	21	7,349	$2,900	$2,857–$2,915
Oregon	32	5,804	$2,901	$2,821–$2,873
Massachusetts	51	32,481	$2,920	$2,905–$2,928
Alaska	6	1,743	$2,936	$2,857–$2,998
New York	115	38,093	$2,983	$2,877–$3,083
Connecticut	26	15,665	$3,045	$3,022–$3,054
Hawaii	12	1,584	$3,127	$3,076–$3,276
California	242	75,162	$3,471	$3,347–$3,602

About these numbers

Average payment is what Medicare paid plus the patient’s deductible and coinsurance (and any other insurer), averaged over the hospital’s Medicare cases. It covers the hospital’s part of the care; doctors bill separately. For outpatient procedures it is Medicare’s allowed amount, which leaves out extra “outlier” payments for unusually costly cases; those are shown under the hospital name where CMS reported any, and included in the CSV. Billed charges are the hospital’s list prices, which few patients pay.

Medicare sets its payments by formula, adjusting for local wages, teaching programs, the share of low-income patients and unusually costly cases. Those adjustments drive most differences between hospitals, so a lower payment doesn’t mean better or worse care, and Medicare patients’ own costs usually vary much less than the totals. Private insurance pays different, usually higher, prices.

Source: CMS Medicare Outpatient Hospitals by Provider and Service (Medicare fee-for-service claims). CMS omits hospitals with fewer than 11 procedures. More in the glossary.