Hospital
Uchealth Highlands Ranch Hospital
Uchealth Highlands Ranch Hospital was paid $655K by Medicaid between Sep 2019 and Nov 2024, across 32 billing codes. Its largest line is U0003, Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (dna or rna); severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2) (coronavirus disease [covid-19]), amplified probe technique, making use of high throughput technologies as described by cms-2020-01-r — 37% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoUCHEALTH HIGHLANDS RANCH HOSPITAL
HIGHLANDS RANCH, CO 80129
HIGHLANDS RANCH, CO 80129
33aNPI1891294518assigned 02/08/2018
33bProvider typeGeneral Acute Care Hospital
28Total paid$655K
24GClaims18,472
24DCodes billed32
24AFirst – last monthSep 2019 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other General Acute Care Hospital providers in Colorado
Rank by total paid#32 of 51
Median peer was paid$1.24M
This provider vs. median0.5×
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.
Entity ProliferationAuthorized official NICKELL, JULIE controls 11+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
Box 24A · Dates of service
Paid by month
Paid that monthNov–Dec 2024: claims still arriving when the file was cut, so these months run low for every provider
By year, as a table
| Year | Claims | Paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 73 | $3K | |
| 2020 | 2,555 | $119K | |
| 2021 | 6,850 | $288K | |
| 2022 | 3,366 | $86K | |
| 2023 | 3,189 | $96K | |
| 2024incomplete | 2,439 | $63K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U0003 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (dna or rna); severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2) (coronavirus disease [covid-19]), amplified probe technique, making use of high throughput technologies as described by cms-2020-01-r | 37% | 4,207 | 3,733 | $240K |
| 99285 | Emergency room visit (most serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity with immediate threat to life | 27% | 1,511 | 1,399 | $180K |
| U0005 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (dna or rna); severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2) (coronavirus disease [covid-19]), amplified probe technique, cdc or non-cdc, making use of high throughput technologies, completed within 2 calendar days from date of specimen collection (list separately in addition to either hcpcs code u0003 or u0004) as described by cms-2020-01-r2 | 9.7% | 2,739 | 2,442 | $63K |
| 99284 | Emergency room visit (serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity | 5.1% | 303 | 282 | $34K |
| 0002A | 4.9% | 368 | 354 | $32K | |
| 0001A | 4.7% | 347 | 335 | $31K | |
| 96361 | Intravenous infusion, hydration; each additional hour | 3.1% | 70 | 64 | $20K |
| 99283 | Emergency room visit (moderate)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, moderate severity | 1.8% | 106 | 102 | $12K |
| 80048 | Basic metabolic panel (calcium, ionized) | 1.4% | 1,591 | 1,483 | $9K |
| 86769 | 1.4% | 230 | 217 | $9K | |
| 0012A | 1.3% | 103 | 96 | $9K | |
| 80053 | Comprehensive metabolic panel | 1.0% | 505 | 428 | $7K |
20 more codes
| 85025 | Blood count; complete (CBC), automated, and automated differential WBC count | <1% | 3,268 | $3K |
| 84443 | Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) | <1% | 208 | $2K |
| 36415 | Collection of venous blood by venipuncture | <1% | 446 | $1K |
| 0241U | Neonatal screening for hereditary disorders, genomic sequence analysis panel | <1% | 14 | $839.07 |
| 84484 | <1% | 27 | $502.77 | |
| 80047 | <1% | 16 | $364.90 | |
| 96374 | Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection; intravenous push, single or initial substance | <1% | 421 | $345.55 |
| 93005 | Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; tracing only, without interpretation and report | <1% | 288 | $251.26 |
| 80061 | Lipid panel | <1% | 63 | $229.90 |
| 84439 | <1% | 31 | $216.45 | |
| 83036 | Hemoglobin; glycosylated (A1C) | <1% | 52 | $193.04 |
| 81001 | <1% | 73 | $112.46 | |
| 85027 | <1% | 30 | $69.00 | |
| J3490 | Unclassified drugs | <1% | 1,066 | $47.80 |
| Q9967 | Low osmolar contrast material, 300-399 mg/ml iodine concentration, per ml | 0% | 38 | $0.00 |
| J7120 | Ringers lactate infusion, up to 1000 cc | 0% | 65 | $0.00 |
| J2405 | Injection, ondansetron hydrochloride, per 1 mg | 0% | 18 | $0.00 |
| J2704 | Injection, propofol, 10 mg | 0% | 179 | $0.00 |
| J1885 | Injection, ketorolac tromethamine, per 15 mg | 0% | 16 | $0.00 |
| 96375 | Therapeutic injection; each additional sequential IV push | 0% | 73 | $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.
From NPPES
Who's on the registration
Authorized officialNICKELL, JULIE (CFO)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Longs Peak Hospital | Longmont, CO | $11.87M |
| University of Colorado Hospital Authority | Denver, CO | $3.23M |
| Uchealth Broomfield Hospital | Broomfield, CO | $1.01M |
| University of Colorado Hospital Authority | Aurora, CO | $535K |
| University of Colorado Hospital Authority | Aurora, CO | $476K |
| University of Colorado Hospital Authority | Aurora, CO | $233K |
| University of Colorado Hospital Authority | Aurora, CO | $158K |
| University of Colorado Hospital Authority | Aurora, CO | $47K |
| University of Colorado Hospital Authority | Denver, CO | $30K |
| University of Colorado Hospital Authority | Aurora, CO | $14K |
| Uchealth Broomfield Hospital | Broomfield, CO | $0.00 |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.