777 Bannock St, Denver, CO, 80204 · (303) 436-4927
Beds
389
FY 2025
Star rating
3 of 5
Patient survey: 3 of 5
Net patient revenue
$1.41B
FY 2025
Net income
$47.0M
Patient care margin -4.4%
Discharges
20,295
Occupancy 75.8%
Clinicians
727
From the hospital's yearly cost reports (fiscal years as the hospital reports them)
Locations are shown at the center of the ZIP code.
US dollars as reported. Patient care margin = net patient revenue minus operating expenses, before other income such as grants, donations and investments.
| Fiscal year | Net patient revenue | Operating expenses | Patient care margin | Net income | Discharges | Uncompensated care | Medicare days | Medicaid days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1.41B | $1.48B | -4.4% | $47.0M | 20,295 | $80.7M | 5.2% | 39.9% |
Official hospital quality measures with the national median across hospitals. For ratios, 1.00 means as many cases as expected.
| Death rate for COPD patients | 7.4% | US median 8.5% |
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 11.2% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 3.6% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 13.3% | US median 15.2% |
| Death rate for stroke patients | 10.1% | US median 11.6% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 19% |
Medicare clinicians who list this hospital, by specialty
Inpatient stays by diagnosis related group (DRG), 2024
Official US government data: hospital records, ownership records, yearly cost reports and quality measures, linked by the hospital's CCN and NPI. Financials are for fiscal years as reported by the hospital.
Medicare clinicians who work here
| 2024 | $1.29B | $1.38B | -6.9% | -$52.9M | 20,263 | $95.6M | 4.6% | 41.0% |
| 2023 | $1.20B | $1.29B | -7.5% | $15.2M | 19,031 | $78.2M | 5.4% | 43.5% |
| 2022 | $1.11B | $1.20B | -8.1% | -$63.8M | 18,173 | $68.5M | 5.7% | 39.7% |
| 2021 | $1.06B | $1.13B | -7.2% | $2.6M | 17,495 | $45.4M | 6.6% | 43.2% |
| 2020 | $1.51B | $1.52B | -0.5% | $107.7M | 15,879 | $40.9M | 7.1% | 45.0% |
| US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate after a heart attack | 14.9% | US median 14.4% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 21.3% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 16.1% | US median 17.2% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 1.16 | US median 0.96 |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.21 | US median 0.28 · better |
| Central line bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.36 | US median 0.48 · better |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery (ratio to expected) | 0.95 | US median 0.72 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.65 | US median 0.60 |
| Catheter urinary tract infections (ratio to expected) | 0.75 | US median 0.40 |
| Doctors always communicated well | 78% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 76% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 3 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 56% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 71% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 68% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 72% | US median 71% |
| Patients who left the emergency department before being seen | 4% | US median 1% |
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving (minutes) | 208 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 10% | US median 15% |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 55% | US median 65% |
| Stroke patients who got a brain scan within 45 minutes of arrival | 45% | US median 74% |
| 25 |
| $101,596.68 |
| $44,875.84 |
| $40,556.82 |
| DRG 640 MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS OF NUTRITION, METABOLISM, FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES WITH MCC | 25 | $52,508.20 | $17,833.80 | $10,642.23 |
| DRG 189 PULMONARY EDEMA AND RESPIRATORY FAILURE | 21 | $28,692.95 | $17,030.86 | $9,973.97 |
| DRG 064 INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH MCC | 17 | $123,606.76 | $23,868.53 | $15,695.20 |
| DRG 480 HIP AND FEMUR PROCEDURES EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT WITH MCC | 17 | $177,796.76 | $32,269.41 | $23,191.08 |
| DRG 177 RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC | 16 | $63,019.13 | $19,249.81 | $12,667.88 |
| DRG 175 PULMONARY EMBOLISM WITH MCC OR ACUTE COR PULMONALE | 15 | $59,317.40 | $18,243.80 | $10,788.07 |
| DRG 896 ALCOHOL, DRUG ABUSE OR DEPENDENCE WITHOUT REHABILITATION THERAPY WITH MCC | 14 | $42,860.36 | $22,002.29 | $15,247.46 |
| DRG 280 ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, DISCHARGED ALIVE WITH MCC | 12 | $63,575.42 | $18,433.08 | $12,400.10 |
| DRG 481 HIP AND FEMUR PROCEDURES EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT WITH CC | 12 | $102,344.67 | $24,022.33 | $15,801.33 |
| DRG 193 SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH MCC | 12 | $35,198.67 | $17,862.42 | $9,867.73 |
| DRG 872 SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITHOUT MCC | 11 | $33,957.82 | $15,320.09 | $7,681.44 |
| DRG 312 SYNCOPE AND COLLAPSE | 11 | $28,238.18 | $13,361.18 | $6,636.32 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 151 | 144 | $2,075.87 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5491 Level 1 Intraocular Procedures | 121 | 81 | $1,765.76 | $1,751.67 |
| APC 5072 Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 58 | 57 | $1,226.36 | $1,219.56 |
| APC 5372 Level 2 Urology and Related Services | 50 | 36 | $508.34 | $502.15 |
| APC 5492 Level 2 Intraocular Procedures | 38 | 28 | $3,077.03 | $3,116.50 |
| APC 5183 Level 3 Vascular Procedures | 31 | 28 | $2,411.51 | $2,405.01 |
| APC 5373 Level 3 Urology and Related Services | 26 | 24 | $1,542.05 | $1,516.28 |
| APC 5073 Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 26 | 25 | $2,155.16 | $2,141.49 |
| APC 5192 Level 2 Endovascular Procedures | 22 | 19 | $4,311.26 | $4,338.16 |
| APC 5191 Level 1 Endovascular Procedures | 21 | 21 | $2,228.81 | $2,207.96 |
| APC 5302 Level 2 Upper GI Procedures | 20 | 20 | $1,443.34 | $1,444.50 |
| APC 5115 Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 19 | 19 | $10,878.42 | $10,771.69 |
Reported payments to this teaching hospital
| Company | Payments | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Purdue Pharma L.P. | 14 | $1.7M |
| Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. COLL | 11 | $1.0M |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC JNJ | 5 | $911K |
| Exelixis Inc. EXEL | 13 | $850K |
| Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. APLS | 13 | $848K |
| Indivior Inc. INDV | 7 | $470K |
| Mallinckrodt LLC | 9 | $392K |
| Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. SNDX | 19 | $387K |
| BTG International Inc. | 88 | $352K |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA HIK.L | 3 | $239K |
Official US government data on Original Medicare hospital stays and outpatient services; groups with fewer than 11 cases are not published. Payments are those drug and device companies must report.
Denver Health & Hospital Authority is a government-owned short-term acute care hospital in Denver, CO with 389 beds, part of Denver Health and Hospital Authority and a 3-star overall rating.
Denver Health & Hospital Authority in Denver, CO has 389 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 555 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 20,295 inpatients that year, with 75.8% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-12-31), Denver Health & Hospital Authority reported net patient revenue of $1.41B and operating expenses of $1.48B, a margin on patient care of -4.4%. After other income and expenses its net income was $47.0M (2.8% of revenue), so it made a profit that year.
Denver Health & Hospital Authority is part of Denver Health and Hospital Authority, a health system with 1 hospitals based in Denver, CO. It is a government-owned hospital.
Denver Health & Hospital Authority has an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings. Patients rate it 3 out of 5 stars in the patient survey.
Yes, Denver Health & Hospital Authority provides emergency services.
727 Medicare clinicians list Denver Health & Hospital Authority as a hospital they work at, most often in Physician Assistant, Internal Medicine, Nurse Practitioner.
In 2024, Denver Health & Hospital Authority had 317 Medicare inpatient stays in 15 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 871 (septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc) with 84 stays; Medicare paid $22,796.05 per stay on average, compared with $15,524.21 across all hospitals.
In 2025, companies reported $8.2M in payments to Denver Health & Hospital Authority as a teaching hospital ($7.5M general and $738K for research) from 37 companies.