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Metro area

Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO

CMS cut 1 of the 20 hospitals in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO with a payment decision for fiscal year 2026: 5.0%, against 24.9% nationally.

Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO · FY2026Compared with the nation

1Hospitals cut

1

Of 20 with a payment decision

2Share cut

5.0%

−19.9 pts vs the nation (24.9%)

3Rank

54th of 59

Share cut, highest first, among metro areas with at least 10 hospitals with a decision

4Median score

−0.1082

Nation: −0.0453

5Scored on all 6

18

Of 20 scored (90%; nation 66%)

6Scored without data

0

Hospitals CMS gave its worst score on a measure

7Estimated dollars

$507K estimate
0.2% of the nation’s $306M, this site’s estimate

Likely range $413–551K

8Per traditional Medicare stay

$14

The nation: $47

5% cut

Average Lowest score: −1.4728 Highest score: 2.3133 CMS’s line 1 of 718 here Average Lowest score: −1.4728 Highest score: 2.3133 CMS’s line 718 cut nationally · 1 here
Every hospital in the nation with a payment decision, lowest score to highest, each as tall as its score (above the rule, worse than average); the solid hairlines are Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO’s, red where CMS cut.

On the map

Each dot is a hospital in CMS’s file: red, cut; ringed, not cut; gray, no decision. Pick one to open its page.

Figure 1. Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO: 1 cut of 20 with a payment decision.
Intermountain Health Platte Valley Hospital, Brighton: −0.4367 · not cutIntermountain Health Lutheran Hospital, Wheat Ridge: −0.1697 · not cutDenver Health & Hospital Authority, Denver: 0.3659 · not cutHCA HealthOne Presbyterian St. Lukes, Denver: 0.1701 · not cutCentura Health-St Anthony Hospital, Lakewood: −0.0720 · not cutUniversity of Colorado Hospital Authority, Aurora: 0.3637 · not cutSaint Joseph Hospital, Denver: −0.0708 · not cutHCA Healthone Rose, Denver: −0.7646 · not cutHCA-Healthone dba Swedish Medical Center, Englewood: −0.4831 · not cutAdventHealth Porter, Denver: −0.4066 · not cutHCA Healthone Mountain Ridge, Thornton: 0.0988 · not cutThe Medical Center of Aurora & South Hospital, Aurora: 0.5599 · cutCentura Health-St Anthony North Health Campus, Westminster: −0.4541 · not cutNational Jewish Health, Denver: N/A · not subjectSky Ridge Medical Center, Lone Tree: 0.1607 · not cutAdventHealth Littleton, Littleton: 0.2391 · not cutAdventHealth Parker, Parker: −0.0329 · not cutOrthocolorado Hosp at St Anthony Med Campus, Lakewood: −1.1900 · not cutAdventHealth Castle Rock, Castle Rock: −0.3618 · not cutUCHealth Broomfield Hospital, Broomfield: −0.1444 · not cutUCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital, Highlands Ranch: −0.5996 · not cut Intermountain Health Platte Valley Hospital, Brighton: −0.4367 · not cutIntermountain Health Lutheran Hospital, Wheat Ridge: −0.1697 · not cutDenver Health & Hospital Authority, Denver: 0.3659 · not cutHCA HealthOne Presbyterian St. Lukes, Denver: 0.1701 · not cutCentura Health-St Anthony Hospital, Lakewood: −0.0720 · not cutUniversity of Colorado Hospital Authority, Aurora: 0.3637 · not cutSaint Joseph Hospital, Denver: −0.0708 · not cutHCA Healthone Rose, Denver: −0.7646 · not cutHCA-Healthone dba Swedish Medical Center, Englewood: −0.4831 · not cutAdventHealth Porter, Denver: −0.4066 · not cutHCA Healthone Mountain Ridge, Thornton: 0.0988 · not cutThe Medical Center of Aurora & South Hospital, Aurora: 0.5599 · cutCentura Health-St Anthony North Health Campus, Westminster: −0.4541 · not cutNational Jewish Health, Denver: N/A · not subjectSky Ridge Medical Center, Lone Tree: 0.1607 · not cutAdventHealth Littleton, Littleton: 0.2391 · not cutAdventHealth Parker, Parker: −0.0329 · not cutOrthocolorado Hosp at St Anthony Med Campus, Lakewood: −1.1900 · not cutAdventHealth Castle Rock, Castle Rock: −0.3618 · not cutUCHealth Broomfield Hospital, Broomfield: −0.1444 · not cutUCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital, Highlands Ranch: −0.5996 · not cut
  • Cut
  • Not cut
  • Not subject (Maryland) or no score

Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.

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HospitalCityTotal HAC ScorePayment reduction
AdventHealth Castle RockCastle Rock−0.3618No
AdventHealth LittletonLittleton0.2391No
AdventHealth ParkerParker−0.0329No
AdventHealth PorterDenver−0.4066No
Centura Health-St Anthony HospitalLakewood−0.0720No
Centura Health-St Anthony North Health CampusWestminster−0.4541No
Denver Health & Hospital AuthorityDenver0.3659No
HCA Healthone Mountain RidgeThornton0.0988No
HCA HealthOne Presbyterian St. LukesDenver0.1701No
HCA Healthone RoseDenver−0.7646No
HCA-Healthone dba Swedish Medical CenterEnglewood−0.4831No
Intermountain Health Lutheran HospitalWheat Ridge−0.1697No
Intermountain Health Platte Valley HospitalBrighton−0.4367No
National Jewish HealthDenverN/ANo
Orthocolorado Hosp at St Anthony Med CampusLakewood−1.1900No
Saint Joseph HospitalDenver−0.0708No
Sky Ridge Medical CenterLone Tree0.1607No
The Medical Center of Aurora & South HospitalAurora0.5599Yes
UCHealth Broomfield HospitalBroomfield−0.1444No
UCHealth Highlands Ranch HospitalHighlands Ranch−0.5996No
University of Colorado Hospital AuthorityAurora0.3637No

Its scores against the nation’s

The columns are this place’s hospitals; the outline is every hospital in the nation. Both are shares of their own hospitals, so a small place and the nation compare.

Figure 2. 5.0% of hospitals here scored past CMS’s line, against 24.9% nationally; the middle score here is −0.1082, and nationally −0.0453.
0%5%10%15%20%25% −1.6 to −1.4: 0% here, 1% nationally−1.4 to −1.2: 0% here, 1% nationally−1.2 to −1.0: 5% here, 2% nationally−1.0 to −0.8: 0% here, 4% nationally−0.8 to −0.6: 5% here, 7% nationally−0.6 to −0.4: 20% here, 10% nationally−0.4 to −0.2: 10% here, 12% nationally−0.2 to 0.0: 25% here, 14% nationally0.0 to 0.2: 15% here, 12% nationally0.2 to 0.4: 15% here, 12% nationally0.4 to 0.6: 5% here, 8% nationally0.6 to 0.8: 0% here, 6% nationally0.8 to 1.0: 0% here, 4% nationally1.0 to 1.2: 0% here, 3% nationally1.2 to 1.4: 0% here, 1% nationally1.4 to 1.6: 0% here, 1% nationally1.6 to 1.8: 0% here, 0% nationally1.8 to 2.0: 0% here, 0% nationally2.0 to 2.2: 0% here, 0% nationally2.2 to 2.4: 0% here, 1% nationally CMS’s line −1.00.01.02.0 0%5%10%15%20%25% −1.6 to −1.4: 0% here, 1% nationally−1.4 to −1.2: 0% here, 1% nationally−1.2 to −1.0: 5% here, 2% nationally−1.0 to −0.8: 0% here, 4% nationally−0.8 to −0.6: 5% here, 7% nationally−0.6 to −0.4: 20% here, 10% nationally−0.4 to −0.2: 10% here, 12% nationally−0.2 to 0.0: 25% here, 14% nationally0.0 to 0.2: 15% here, 12% nationally0.2 to 0.4: 15% here, 12% nationally0.4 to 0.6: 5% here, 8% nationally0.6 to 0.8: 0% here, 6% nationally0.8 to 1.0: 0% here, 4% nationally1.0 to 1.2: 0% here, 3% nationally1.2 to 1.4: 0% here, 1% nationally1.4 to 1.6: 0% here, 1% nationally1.6 to 1.8: 0% here, 0% nationally1.8 to 2.0: 0% here, 0% nationally2.0 to 2.2: 0% here, 0% nationally2.2 to 2.4: 0% here, 1% nationally CMS’s line −1.5−1.0−0.50.00.51.01.52.0

Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.

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Score fromtoHereNation
−1.6−1.4040
−1.4−1.2017
−1.2−1.0151
−1.0−0.80126
−0.8−0.61204
−0.6−0.44290
−0.4−0.22357
−0.20.05407
0.00.23343
0.20.43333
0.40.61237
0.60.80173
0.81.00116
1.01.2091
1.21.4030
1.41.6021
1.61.8010
1.82.003
2.02.2013
2.22.4024

Measure by measure

For each measure, the share of this place’s hospitals with a value worse than the national median. Half would be ordinary; a stem to the right of the line is a measure where more hospitals here did worse.

Figure 3. Worst against the nation on PSI 90 (55% of its hospitals above the national median); best on CDI (21%).

Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.

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MeasureHospitals with a valueHalf
PSI 902055%
CLABSI1844%
CAUTI1850%
SSI1850%
CDI1921%
MRSA1833%

Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO across the line

The nation’s hospitals within 0.05 of CMS’s line that this site estimates, Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO’s in full ink: scores a hair apart, money all or nothing.

Figure 4. Of the nation’s 141 hospitals within 0.05 of CMS’s line that this site estimates, Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO has 2 hospitals not cut, where a cut would have been about $2.6M.
CMS’s line 82 not cut $52.8M at stake82 not cut$52.8M at stake 59 cut $29.8M cut59 cut$29.8M cut 0.340.360.380.400.42 Total HAC Score CMS’s line 82 not cut $52.8M at stake82 not cut$52.8M at stake 59 cut $29.8M cut59 cut$29.8M cut University of Colorado Hospital Authority, Aurora, CO: score 0.3637; a cut would have been $2.2MDenver Health & Hospital Authority, Denver, CO: score 0.3659; a cut would have been $385K 0.340.360.380.400.42 Total HAC Score

3 more within 0.05 have no estimate, and Maryland’s 2 are exempt.

Estimate · Source: this site’s arithmetic on CMS’s FY2026 IPPS final rule files (the impact file, the rate tables and the value-based factors), its FY2026 HRRP supplemental file and HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.

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Side of the lineHospitalsEstimated cut, taken or not (whole dollars)
Under the line: not cut82$52,846,861
Over the line: cut59$29,847,503

Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO, year by year

Every hospital in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO with a payment decision in any year, one sliver each, one row per fiscal year; red where CMS cut it. At the right of each row: the share of Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO’s hospitals cut that year, then the nation’s.

Figure 5. Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO’s share cut was above the nation’s in 4 of the 11 years CMS cut anyone; 16 of its 21 hospitals have been cut at least once.
201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026 No hospital scored or cut 50.0% · 21.9%11.1% · 23.4%22.2% · 24.0%38.9% · 23.6%44.4% · 25.0%33.3% · 25.0%10.0% · 24.9%15.0% · 25.0%15.0% · 24.9%15.0% · 24.8%5.0% · 24.9% Ever cut: 16 Never cut: 5 201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026 No hospital scored or cut 50.0% · 21.9%11.1% · 23.4%22.2% · 24.0%38.9% · 23.6%44.4% · 25.0%33.3% · 25.0%10.0% · 24.9%15.0% · 25.0%15.0% · 24.9%15.0% · 24.8%5.0% · 24.9% Ever cut: 16 Never cut: 5

Source: CMS, HACRP hospital files for fiscal years 2015 to 2026 (Provider Data Catalog, its archives and, for the oldest years, the Internet Archive’s copies), and CMS’s cut lists for FY2015 and FY2016.

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Fiscal yearHospitals with a decisionCutShare cutNation
FY201518950.0%21.9%
FY201618211.1%23.4%
FY201718422.2%24.0%
FY201818738.9%23.6%
FY201918844.4%25.0%
FY202018633.3%25.0%
FY202120210.0%24.9%
FY202220315.0%25.0%
FY202300
FY202420315.0%24.9%
FY202520315.0%24.8%
FY20262015.0%24.9%

Every hospital in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO

The sortable table of this place’s hospitals needs JavaScript; the CSV file holds every hospital’s values.

Download all hospitals’ data (CSV) · Data dictionary · CMS’s dataset page

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A penalty reflects how CMS’s formula scored relative performance; it is not a verdict on the quality of care.

Cite this page

Paid & Penalized. Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO: hospital-acquired conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/metro/19740/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.