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Hospitals in Colorado with the highest patients would recommend

56 Colorado hospitals ranked by patients would recommend in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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56 hospitals ranked in Colorado by patients would recommend; 40 more match but have no reported value.

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#	Hospital	Patients would recommendhigher 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
	National average	87		3.3	11.9%	11.1%	15.0%	1.00	162 min	1.00
51	San Luis Valley Regional Medical CenterAlamosa, CO · Acute care	84, 23rd percentile	3, 43rd percentile	3, 39th percentile	—	—	15.5%, 19th percentile	0.96, 51st percentile	168 min, 37th percentile	1.11, 7th percentile	59	Compare San Luis Valley Regional Medical Center
T52	Swedish Medical CenterEnglewood, CO · Acute care	83, 18th 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
T52	Parkview Medical Center, IncPueblo, CO · Acute care	83, 18th percentile	3, 43rd percentile	2, 10th percentile	10.1%, 95th percentile	10.1%, 68th percentile	13.8%, 96th percentile	0.86, 83rd percentile	171 min, 35th percentile	1.00, 44th percentile	350	Compare Parkview Medical Center, Inc
54	Sterling Regional MedCenterSterling, CO · Acute care	82, 13th percentile	3, 43rd percentile	3, 39th percentile	—	10.5%, 60th percentile	15.0%, 46th percentile	0.95, 55th percentile	97 min, 92nd percentile	0.91, 86th percentile	25	Compare Sterling Regional MedCenter
55	The Medical Center Of Aurora & South HospitalAurora, CO · Acute care	80, 8th 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
56	HCA Healthone Mountain RidgeThornton, CO · Acute care	76, 2nd percentile	3, 43rd percentile	2, 10th percentile	11.1%, 74th percentile	9.9%, 72nd percentile	15.1%, 40th percentile	0.91, 70th percentile	126 min, 69th percentile	1.01, 38th percentile	157	Compare HCA Healthone Mountain Ridge

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.

Patients would recommend: HCAHPS willingness to recommend the hospital, linear mean score (0-100).
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).