University of Colorado Hospital Authority
University of Colorado Hospital Authority was paid $1.37M by Medicaid between Jun 2018 and Dec 2024, across 21 billing codes. Its largest line is 99283, emergency room visit (moderate) — 81% of everything it billed.
ARVADA, CO 80002
Next to other Emergency Care Clinic/Center providers in Colorado
Peers share this provider's primary NPPES type and state. Size alone says nothing about billing quality: a big agency or a hospital system is expected to sit far above the median.
Auditor's notes
Automated statistical signals. Not evidence of fraud — how these are computed.
Paid by month
By year, as a table
| Year | Claims | Paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1,119 | $61K | |
| 2019 | 1,045 | $99K | |
| 2020 | 914 | $71K | |
| 2021 | 2,242 | $132K | |
| 2022 | 4,904 | $345K | |
| 2023 | 5,171 | $351K | |
| 2024incomplete | 5,129 | $313K |
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99283 | Emergency room visit (moderate)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, moderate severity | 81% | 8,745 | 7,900 | $1.11M |
| 99284 | Emergency room visit (serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity | 13% | 1,062 | 984 | $181K |
| 99282 | Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, low to moderate severity | 2.7% | 245 | 228 | $37K |
| 99285 | Emergency room visit (most serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity with immediate threat to life | 2.3% | 274 | 241 | $32K |
| 96361 | Intravenous infusion, hydration; each additional hour | <1% | 14 | 13 | $4K |
| 80053 | Comprehensive metabolic panel | <1% | 76 | 60 | $2K |
| J3490 | Unclassified drugs | <1% | 4,266 | 2,781 | $274.54 |
| 96374 | Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection; intravenous push, single or initial substance | <1% | 255 | 247 | $206.72 |
| 85025 | Blood count; complete (CBC), automated, and automated differential WBC count | <1% | 1,083 | 980 | $172.31 |
| 80051 | <1% | 882 | 813 | $153.51 | |
| 87651 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Streptococcus, group A, amplified probe | <1% | 95 | 94 | $96.88 |
| 82947 | <1% | 976 | 864 | $55.22 |
9 more codes
| 82565 | <1% | 885 | $53.83 | |
| 84520 | <1% | 885 | $37.30 | |
| 81003 | <1% | 377 | $22.74 | |
| J1885 | Injection, ketorolac tromethamine, per 15 mg | 0% | 82 | $0.00 |
| 96375 | Therapeutic injection; each additional sequential IV push | 0% | 14 | $0.00 |
| 71046 | Radiologic examination, chest; 2 views | 0% | 44 | $0.00 |
| J8499 | Prescription drug, oral, non chemotherapeutic, nos | 0% | 167 | $0.00 |
| J7030 | Infusion, normal saline solution , 1000 cc | 0% | 84 | $0.00 |
| J2405 | Injection, ondansetron hydrochloride, per 1 mg | 0% | 13 | $0.00 |
Claims and beneficiary counts add up across code × month rows, so one patient seen every month counts many times. Rows with fewer than 12 claims are suppressed by HHS, so small lines can be missing.
Who's on the registration
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| University of Colorado Hospital Authority | Aurora, CO | $58.11M |
| Poudre Valley Health Care INC. | Fort Collins, CO | $19.97M |
| Poudre Valley Health Care INC | Windsor, CO | $11.80M |
| University of Colorado Hospital Authority | Aurora, CO | $3.82M |
| Poudre Valley Health Care INC. | Fort Collins, CO | $1.29M |
| Poudre Valley Health Care INC | Windsor, CO | $1.16M |
| University of Colorado Hospital Authority | Thornton, CO | $800K |
| University of Colorado Hospital Authority | Commerce City, CO | $685K |
| Poudre Valley Health Care INC. | Fort Collins, CO | $441K |
| Poudre Valley Health Care INC. | Aurora, CO | $185K |
| Poudre Valley Health Care INC | Greeley, CO | $136K |
| University of Colorado Hospital Authority | Denver, CO | $2K |
| University of Colorado Hospital Authority | Denver, CO | $1K |
| University of Colorado Hospital Authority | Denver, CO | $409.85 |
| University of Colorado Hospital Authority | Lone Tree, CO | $0.00 |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.