Hospital · CCN 060009
Lutheran Medical Center
8300 W 38th Ave, Wheat Ridge, CO 80033 · Jefferson County
Part of Intermountain Healthcare · 242 beds · 1
Metropolitan area core: primary flow within an urbanized area of 50,000 and greater
31 admission types 51 outpatient services
Billed per dollar paid, all admissions
7.16×
$89.7M billed against $12.5M paid across 860 Medicare discharges; the national figure is 5.03×.
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of adults in Jefferson County have medical debt in collections — state bars medical debt from credit reports; the credit-bureau panel cannot see it
6.3%
uninsured in the county · state 8.4%
$102K
median household income
6.7×
billed ÷ paid, inpatient, summed over the county's hospitals in the Medicare file (4 in the inpatient or outpatient file)ⓘ
23.1%
obesity in the countyⓘ
8.3%
diagnosed diabetes (PLACES)
5.1%
coronary heart disease (PLACES)
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median age · — below poverty (ACS)
01 · Admissions
What it billed Medicare, by admission type
Average charge submitted and average total payment per discharge, 2024. Rows under 11 discharges are suppressed by CMS. The last column is the hospital's ratio against its state's for the same admission.
DRG
Admission
Discharges
Charge
Paid
Billed ÷ paid
871
Septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc
189
$111,334
$15,865
7.0× st 6.7×
291
Heart failure and shock with mcc
73
$73,878
$9,995
7.4× st 6.5×
872
Septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours without mcc
39
$59,018
$7,992
7.4× st 7.1×
193
Simple pneumonia and pleurisy with mcc
39
$66,541
$11,011
6.0× st 6.1×
177
Respiratory infections and inflammations with mcc
34
$90,539
$13,369
6.8× st 6.4×
064
Intracranial hemorrhage or cerebral infarction with mcc
33
$104,396
$15,620
6.7× st 8.1×
698
Other kidney and urinary tract diagnoses with mcc
32
$75,767
$12,375
6.1× st 7.8×
481
Hip and femur procedures except major joint with cc
31
$140,658
$15,300
9.2× st 7.7×
853
Infectious and parasitic diseases with o.r. procedures with mcc
29
$274,082
$46,095
5.9× st 7.0×
189
Pulmonary edema and respiratory failure
28
$78,199
$11,112
7.0× st 7.2×
190
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with mcc
26
$79,292
$8,441
9.4× st 7.0×
065
Intracranial hemorrhage or cerebral infarction with cc or tpa in 24 hours
25
$64,866
$7,688
8.4× st 8.6×
378
Gastrointestinal hemorrhage with cc
23
$63,903
$8,708
7.3× st 7.0×
274
Percutaneous and other intracardiac procedures without mcc
21
$228,060
$23,505
9.7× st 6.9×
377
Gastrointestinal hemorrhage with mcc
20
$96,577
$12,911
7.5× st 7.1×
689
Kidney and urinary tract infections with mcc
18
$52,149
$9,515
5.5× st 7.1×
690
Kidney and urinary tract infections without mcc
17
$49,990
$6,326
7.9× st 8.1×
522
Hip replacement with principal diagnosis of hip fracture without mcc
17
$107,344
$16,767
6.4× st 8.6×
175
Pulmonary embolism with mcc or acute cor pulmonale
15
$70,263
$10,451
6.7× st 5.8×
683
Renal failure with cc
15
$69,865
$8,003
8.7× st 7.6×
640
Miscellaneous disorders of nutrition, metabolism, fluids and electrolytes with mcc
15
$78,197
$10,939
7.1× st 7.2×
280
Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive with mcc
14
$94,305
$11,805
8.0× st 6.9×
023
Craniotomy with major device implant or acute complex cns principal diagnosis with mcc o
14
$278,765
$39,081
7.1× st 9.0×
981
Extensive o.r. procedures unrelated to principal diagnosis with mcc
13
$238,248
$36,803
6.5× st 6.7×
392
Esophagitis, gastroenteritis and miscellaneous digestive disorders without mcc
12
$50,552
$6,271
8.1× st 8.1×
603
Cellulitis without mcc
12
$51,273
$6,928
7.4× st 6.5×
025
Craniotomy and endovascular intracranial procedures with mcc
12
$251,837
$32,888
7.7× st 7.1×
322
Percutaneous cardiovascular procedures with intraluminal device without mcc
11
$131,115
$13,718
9.6× st 8.7×
184
Major chest trauma with cc
11
$63,850
$7,929
8.1× st 8.9×
896
Alcohol, drug abuse or dependence without rehabilitation therapy with mcc
11
$85,089
$12,729
6.7× st 4.9×
641
Miscellaneous disorders of nutrition, metabolism, fluids and electrolytes without mcc
11
$43,804
$6,260
7.0× st 7.9×
02 · Outpatient
Outpatient services
Comprehensive APCs, Medicare's outpatient payment groups: submitted charge against what Medicare allowed, per service.
APC
Service
Services
Charge
Allowed
Billed ÷ allowed
8011
Comprehensive Observation Services
536
$34,631
$2,583
13.4×
5302
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
104
$18,542
$1,797
10.3×
5072
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
89
$13,344
$1,526
8.7×
5191
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
66
$29,015
$3,039
9.5×
5213
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
57
$243,787
$22,550
10.8×
5375
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
54
$38,684
$4,853
8.0×
5183
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
48
$23,551
$2,993
7.9×
5361
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
45
$42,546
$5,395
7.9×
5193
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
42
$95,813
$10,048
9.5×
5073
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
42
$30,291
$2,705
11.2×
5362
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
34
$77,480
$9,557
8.1×
5115
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
34
$80,734
$12,510
6.5×
5341
Level 1 Abdominal/Peritoneal/Biliary and Related Procedures
29
$20,128
$3,294
6.1×
5223
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
27
$71,578
$9,841
7.3×
5091
Level 1 Breast/Lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
25
$28,371
$3,513
8.1×
5114
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
24
$69,588
$6,810
10.2×
5154
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
21
$16,123
$3,565
4.5×
5182
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
21
$5,039
$1,525
3.3×
5313
Level 3 Lower GI Procedures
21
$23,842
$2,570
9.3×
5373
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
20
$23,374
$1,939
12.1×
5192
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
18
$37,546
$5,200
7.2×
5116
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
17
$101,076
$17,701
5.7×
5112
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
16
$11,550
$1,530
7.5×
5374
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
15
$28,723
$3,319
8.7×
5092
Level 2 Breast/Lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
15
$47,950
$6,208
7.7×
5224
Level 4 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
14
$123,999
$18,506
6.7×
5194
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures
12
$145,358
$16,657
8.7×
5303
Level 3 Upper GI Procedures
12
$36,453
$3,646
10.0×
5113
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
11
$23,314
$3,081
7.6×
5222
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
11
$61,584
$8,087
7.6×
5184
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
11
$42,415
$4,756
8.9×
5232
Level 2 ICD and Similar Procedures
—
—
—
—
5378
Level 8 Urology and Related Services
—
—
—
—
5414
Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures
—
—
—
—
5165
Level 5 ENT Procedures
—
—
—
—
5461
Level 1 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
—
—
—
—
5464
Level 4 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
—
—
—
—
5465
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
—
—
—
—
5471
Implantation of Drug Infusion Device
—
—
—
—
5503
Level 3 Extraocular, Repair, and Plastic Eye Procedures
—
—
—
—
5376
Level 6 Urology and Related Services
—
—
—
—
5164
Level 4 ENT Procedures
—
—
—
—
5153
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
—
—
—
—
5331
Complex GI Procedures
—
—
—
—
5231
Level 1 ICD and Similar Procedures
—
—
—
—
5155
Level 5 Airway Endoscopy
—
—
—
—
5094
Level 4 Breast/Lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
—
—
—
—
5372
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
—
—
—
—
5093
Level 3 Breast/Lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
—
—
—
—
5163
Level 3 ENT Procedures
—
—
—
—
5415
Level 5 Gynecologic Procedures
—
—
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Sources for this hospital
the files read, as fetched — not our copy of them- MUP_INP_RY26_P03_V10_DY24_PrvSvc.CSV · 38.0M bytes · fetched 2026-08-21 · sha256 2ab6da15be4c… · publisher's page · public domain (US federal)
- MUP_OUT_RY26_P04_V10_DY24_Prov_Svc.csv · 28.1M bytes · fetched 2026-08-21 · sha256 f293918edbf6… · publisher's page · public domain (US federal)
- chsp-hospital-linkage-2023.csv · 1.5M bytes · fetched 2026-08-21 · sha256 a86146f10c8d… · publisher's page · public; cite AHRQ Compendium of U.S. Health Systems
- 2020 ZCTA to County relationship file · US Census Bureau · 2020tab20_zcta520_county20_natl.txt · 6.8M bytes · fetched 2026-08-21 · sha256 3ed41278d637… · publisher's page · public domain (US federal)
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Source rows for this hospital as JSON: inpatient · outpatient. CMS, Medicare Inpatient and Outpatient Hospitals by Provider and Service, 2024.