Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Colorado with the lowest CABG surgery death rate
13 Colorado hospitals ranked by CABG surgery death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Intermountain Health St. Mary's Regional Hospital, Boulder Community Health, Swedish Medical Center. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | CABG surgery death ratelower is better | Overall star ratinghigher is better | Patient survey star ratinghigher is better | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Heart failure death ratelower is better | Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data | Serious complicationslower is better | Time in emergency departmentlower is better | Medicare spending per patientlower is better | Total beds | Compare |
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| National average | 2.4% | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| 1 | Intermountain Health St. Mary's Regional Hospital | 1.5%, 96th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.2%, 71st percentile | 13.1%, 14th percentile | 13.9%, 94th percentile | 0.99, 37th percentile | 202 min, 18th percentile | 1.04, 23rd percentile | 346 | Compare Intermountain Health St. Mary's Regional Hospital |
| T2 | Boulder Community Health | 1.9%, 78th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 9.5%, 99th percentile | 7.5%, 97th percentile | 13.6%, 97th percentile | 1.27, 7th percentile | 135 min, 61st percentile | 0.92, 83rd percentile | 181 | Compare Boulder Community Health |
| T2 | Swedish Medical Center | 1.9%, 78th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 10.0%, 96th percentile | 10.8%, 54th percentile | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | 0.96, 51st percentile | 122 min, 72nd percentile | 1.08, 12th percentile | 408 | Compare Swedish Medical Center |
| T2 | UCH-Memorial Health System | 1.9%, 78th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 9.2%, 99th percentile | 11.6%, 37th percentile | 13.7%, 97th percentile | 0.71, 98th percentile | 103 min, 88th percentile | 1.00, 44th percentile | 583 | Compare UCH-Memorial Health System |
| T5 | AdventHealth Porter | 2.0%, 69th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.2%, 71st percentile | 9.0%, 86th percentile | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | 0.92, 67th percentile | 199 min, 20th percentile | 0.93, 80th percentile | 368 | Compare AdventHealth Porter |
| T5 | Centura Health-St Anthony Hospital | 2.0%, 69th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.5%, 89th percentile | 13.2%, 13th percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | 1.03, 29th percentile | 212 min, 14th percentile | 1.04, 23rd percentile | 237 | Compare Centura Health-St Anthony Hospital |
| T5 | Centura Health-Penrose St Francis Health Services | 2.0%, 69th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 9.7%, 98th percentile | 9.3%, 82nd percentile | 13.8%, 96th percentile | 1.27, 7th percentile | 193 min, 23rd percentile | 1.00, 44th percentile | 300 | Compare Centura Health-Penrose St Francis Health Services |
| T8 | Medical Center Of The Rockies | 2.1%, 62nd percentile | 5, 94th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 10.3%, 92nd percentile | 11.6%, 37th percentile | 13.1%, 99th percentile | 0.98, 41st percentile | 133 min, 62nd percentile | 1.01, 38th percentile | 180 | Compare Medical Center Of The Rockies |
| T8 | Banner North Colorado Medical Center | 2.1%, 62nd percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.6%, 23rd percentile | 11.8%, 34th percentile | 14.6%, 74th percentile | 1.11, 18th percentile | 137 min, 59th percentile | 1.08, 12th percentile | 378 | Compare Banner North Colorado Medical Center |
| T8 | Valley View Hospital Association | 2.1%, 62nd percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 10.6%, 87th percentile | 16.3%, 1st percentile | 14.2%, 89th percentile | 0.93, 63rd percentile | 152 min, 48th percentile | 1.00, 44th percentile | 78 | Compare Valley View Hospital Association |
| 11 | The Medical Center Of Aurora & South Hospital | 2.2%, 55th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 10.1%, 95th percentile | 9.5%, 79th percentile | 13.5%, 98th percentile | 1.35, 5th percentile | 134 min, 62nd percentile | 1.01, 38th percentile | 281 | Compare The Medical Center Of Aurora & South Hospital |
| 12 | University Of Colorado Hospital Authority | 2.5%, 38th percentile | 5, 94th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.0%, 77th percentile | 7.9%, 95th percentile | 14.3%, 86th percentile | 1.33, 6th percentile | 102 min, 89th percentile | 0.96, 66th percentile | 858 | Compare University Of Colorado Hospital Authority |
| 13 | AdventHealth Littleton | 2.6%, 33rd percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.7%, 85th percentile | 9.5%, 79th percentile | 15.1%, 40th percentile | 1.09, 20th percentile | 166 min, 38th percentile | 1.00, 44th percentile | 231 | Compare AdventHealth Littleton |
About these rankings
Rankings use the 2026 release of CMS Care Compare data. Hospitals share a rank (“T”) when their values are equal, and only hospitals with a reported value for the sorted measure are ranked. Shading compares each value with every hospital in the country, so it doesn’t change with your filters. Small differences are often not statistically meaningful; use the methodology and glossary for context.
- CABG surgery death rate
- 30-day death rate for CABG surgery patients.
- Overall star rating
- CMS overall hospital quality star rating (1-5).
- Patient survey star rating
- HCAHPS summary star rating (1-5).
- Heart attack death rate
- 30-day death rate for heart attack patients.
- Heart failure death rate
- 30-day death rate for heart failure patients.
- Hospital-wide readmission rate
- Rate of unplanned readmission within 30 days, all conditions. From 2025 CMS reports the Hybrid Hospital-Wide Readmission measure (claims plus EHR data), which replaced the claims-only measure; values are close but not strictly comparable across the change. CMS suppressed it for 2026.. Latest available: 2025 release.
- Serious complications
- Patient safety and adverse events composite (PSI 90; 1.0 = national value).
- Time in emergency department
- Median time patients spent in the emergency department before leaving.
- Medicare spending per patient
- Medicare spending per beneficiary episode relative to the national median (1.0 = national median).
- Total beds
- Total beds reported to CMS (Provider of Services file).