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Hospitals in Colorado with the largest Medicare value-based purchasing bonuses

42 Colorado hospitals ranked by value-based purchasing adjustment in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: St Anthony Summit Medical Center, Sterling Regional MedCenter, AdventHealth Castle Rock. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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42 hospitals ranked in Colorado by value-based purchasing adjustment; 54 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalValue-based purchasing adjustmenthigher is betterOverall star ratinghigher is betterPatient survey star ratinghigher is betterHeart attack death ratelower is betterHeart failure death ratelower is betterHospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 dataSerious complicationslower is betterTime in emergency departmentlower is betterMedicare spending per patientlower is betterTotal beds
National average+0.13%3.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
1St Anthony Summit Medical CenterFrisco, CO · Acute care+2.99%—4——15.0%0.96151 min0.8535Compare
2Sterling Regional MedCenterSterling, CO · Acute care+1.45%33—10.5%15.0%0.9597 min0.9125Compare
3AdventHealth Castle RockCastle Rock, CO · Acute care+1.33%5312.1%10.4%14.4%0.94165 min0.9290Compare
4Boulder Community HealthBoulder, CO · Acute care+1.30%449.5%7.5%13.6%1.27135 min0.92181Compare
5UCHealth Highlands Ranch HospitalHighlands Ranch, CO · Acute care+1.24%5412.0%9.2%14.2%0.76164 min0.9787Compare
6St Mary-Corwin HospitalPueblo, CO · Acute care+1.20%44—9.6%14.8%0.94164 min0.91408Compare
7Montrose Regional HealthMontrose, CO · Acute care+1.07%4411.4%10.6%14.7%0.94146 min0.9675Compare
8Vail Health HospitalVail, CO · Acute care+1.05%5411.2%9.8%14.2%0.87141 min0.9056Compare
9Mercy Regional Medical CenterDurango, CO · Acute care+0.91%5410.4%11.4%13.7%0.79166 min0.9082Compare
10AdventHealth PorterDenver, CO · Acute care+0.87%4311.2%9.0%14.4%0.92199 min0.93368Compare
11St Elizabeth HospitalFort Morgan, CO · Acute care+0.66%44—12.2%14.6%0.97106 min0.9650Compare
12HCA Healthone RoseDenver, CO · Acute care+0.65%4310.8%10.6%14.6%0.90130 min1.02422Compare
T13AdventHealth ParkerParker, CO · Acute care+0.64%5410.3%8.2%13.7%1.03165 min0.91179Compare
T13Valley View Hospital AssociationGlenwood Springs, CO · Acute care+0.64%4410.6%16.3%14.2%0.93152 min1.0078Compare
15AdventHealth AvistaLouisville, CO · Acute care+0.55%44—13.2%13.8%0.97166 min0.96114Compare
16Centura Health-St Anthony HospitalLakewood, CO · Acute care+0.50%4310.5%13.2%15.0%1.03212 min1.04237Compare
17Delta County Memorial HospitalDelta, CO · Acute care+0.41%33—12.9%14.8%0.96143 min0.9649Compare
18Longs Peak HospitalLongmont, CO · Acute care+0.38%5310.3%13.2%13.9%0.88130 min0.9883Compare
T19Poudre Valley HospitalFort Collins, CO · Acute care+0.30%5411.7%12.0%12.8%0.87127 min0.98255Compare
T19Saint Joseph HospitalDenver, CO · Acute care+0.30%5410.9%10.2%14.3%1.04165 min0.96400Compare
21University Of Colorado Hospital AuthorityAurora, CO · Acute care+0.28%5311.0%7.9%14.3%1.33102 min0.96858Compare
22Good Samaritan Medical Center LLCLafayette, CO · Acute care+0.18%4410.3%8.8%14.5%0.95176 min1.00234Compare
23Centura Health-St Anthony North Health CampusWestminster, CO · Acute care+0.04%5310.5%12.1%15.0%0.83160 min0.98236Compare
T24UCH-Memorial Health SystemColorado Springs, CO · Acute care−0.02%439.2%11.6%13.7%0.71103 min1.00583Compare
T24Denver Health & Hospital AuthorityDenver, CO · Acute care−0.02%33—11.2%14.5%1.16208 min0.89555Compare
26HCA Healthone Presbyterian St. LukesDenver, CO · Acute care−0.03%23—12.4%15.4%1.12121 min1.01680Compare
27Longmont United HospitalLongmont, CO · Acute care−0.06%3311.6%9.7%14.3%0.92153 min1.00186Compare
28Community HospitalGrand Junction, CO · Acute care−0.10%44—11.1%14.0%1.06135 min0.9760Compare
29Intermountain Health Lutheran HospitalWheat Ridge, CO · Acute care−0.16%4410.1%12.6%13.4%0.99194 min0.99338Compare
30The Medical Center Of Aurora & South HospitalAurora, CO · Acute care−0.20%4210.1%9.5%13.5%1.35134 min1.01281Compare
31Centura Health-Penrose St Francis Health ServicesColorado Springs, CO · Acute care−0.23%339.7%9.3%13.8%1.27193 min1.00300Compare
32AdventHealth LittletonLittleton, CO · Acute care−0.26%4310.7%9.5%15.1%1.09166 min1.00231Compare
33Medical Center Of The RockiesLoveland, CO · Acute care−0.36%5410.3%11.6%13.1%0.98133 min1.01180Compare
34Banner North Co Medical Center - Loveland CampusLoveland, CO · Acute care−0.39%3311.6%10.4%14.3%1.18140 min0.99—Compare
T35Swedish Medical CenterEnglewood, CO · Acute care−0.41%4210.0%10.8%15.4%0.96122 min1.08408Compare
T35Intermountain Health Platte Valley HospitalBrighton, CO · Acute care−0.41%34—13.0%15.0%0.91166 min1.0898Compare
37Sky Ridge Medical CenterLone Tree, CO · Acute care−0.52%3210.9%10.4%15.2%0.96139 min1.04304Compare
T38Intermountain Health St. Mary's Regional HospitalGrand Junction, CO · Acute care−0.55%4311.2%13.1%13.9%0.99202 min1.04346Compare
T38Parkview Medical Center, IncPueblo, CO · Acute care−0.55%3210.1%10.1%13.8%0.86171 min1.00350Compare
40HCA Healthone Mountain RidgeThornton, CO · Acute care−0.55%3211.1%9.9%15.1%0.91126 min1.01157Compare
41UCHealth Greeley HospitalGreeley, CO · Acute care−0.58%4410.5%11.1%14.2%1.15132 min1.0588Compare
42Banner North Colorado Medical CenterGreeley, CO · Acute care−0.63%4312.6%11.8%14.6%1.11137 min1.08378Compare

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.

Value-based purchasing adjustment
Change to Medicare payments under Hospital Value-Based Purchasing: a bonus (positive) or penalty (negative, up to 2%) based on the Total Performance Score..
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).