CMS Price Transparency Data

Heart stent placement (inpatient stay)

Facility: St Thomas More Hospital

Billing Code: 322 (MS-DRG)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$24,509

about 1.9× the $12,807 Medicare rate · typically $12,447–$60,295

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $12,807 Fair price $24,509

How we calculate the fair BaseRate →

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

2 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield AetnaCignaHumanaKaiser Permanente

Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.

Insurance company	Price range	vs. Medicare
UnitedHealthcaremajor	$40,148 - $44,609	313%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$65,135 - $148,432	509%

Self-Pay How to get the cash price

Tell the billing desk you want to be billed as self-pay — not through insurance — before your visit.
Ask for the cash / prompt-pay discount in writing, with the exact price, before you agree to anything.
Get it in writing that they won’t also bill your insurance, so the cash price is what you owe.
Check the MS-DRG code on your bill matches exactly: 322.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm St Thomas More Hospital is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for MS-DRG code 322.
Confirm the doctor or provider is in-network too — not just the hospital building.
Check your Explanation of Benefits against the hospital’s final itemized bill.

Other Procedures at St Thomas More Hospital

Compare: Heart stent placement (inpatient stay) at other CO hospitals

San Luis Valley Regional Medical Center · Alamosa $11,337
Animas Surgical Hospital, LLC · Durango $13,289
Montrose Regional Health · Montrose $13,685
HCA Healthone Rose · Denver $14,680
Community Hospital · Grand Junction $14,727
Centura Health-Penrose St Francis Health Services · Colorado Springs $15,049
Hca-Healthone DBA Swedish Medical Center · Englewood $15,342
Sky Ridge Medical Center · Lone Tree $15,558

Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.