Colorado has 104 open hospitals across 67 cities. By type: 51 acute care hospitals, 32 critical access hospitals, 8 psychiatric hospitals, 3 children's hospitals, 3 long-term care hospitals, 2 VA acute care hospitals, 1 rehabilitation hospital and 1 military acute care hospital (type not recorded for 3).
Colorado's largest hospital cities
- Median ER
- 1 hr 50 min
- Top rated
- UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central (4★)
- Median ER
- 2 hr 14 min
- Top rated
- UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital (5★)
- Median ER
- 2 hr 48 min
- Top rated
- Grand Junction VA Medical Center (5★)
- Median ER
- 2 hr 48 min
- Top rated
- Centura Health-St Mary Corwin Medical Center (4★)
- Median ER
- 2 hr 44 min
- Top rated
- UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital (5★)
- Median ER
- 2 hr 46 min
- Top rated
- Centura Health-Avista Adventist Hospital (4★)
Top-rated hospitals and shortest ER visits
- UCHealth University of Colorado HospitalAurora
- Mt San Rafael HospitalTrinidad
- Poudre Valley HospitalFort Collins
- Longs Peak HospitalLongmont
- Medical Center of the RockiesLoveland
- Vail Health HospitalVail
- Centura Health-St Anthony North HospitalWestminster
- UCHealth Highlands Ranch HospitalHighlands Ranch
- Rio Grande HospitalDel Norte 45 min
- Family Health West HospitalFruita 48 min
- Lincoln Health HospitalHugo 1 hr 34 min
- San Luis Valley Health Conejos County HospitalLa Jara 1 hr 34 min
- Sterling Regional MedcenterSterling 1 hr 37 min
- Animas Surgical HospitalDurango 1 hr 39 min
- UCHealth Grandview HospitalColorado Springs 1 hr 41 min
- UCHealth University of Colorado HospitalAurora 1 hr 42 min
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All Colorado cities with hospitals
All 67 Colorado cities A–Z
- Boulder (1)
- Breckenridge (1)
- Brighton (1)
- Broomfield (1)
- Brush (1)
- Burlington (1)
- Canon City (1)
- Castle Rock (1)
- Cheyenne Wells (1)
- Colorado Springs (7)
- Cortez (1)
- Craig (1)
- Eads (1)
- Englewood (3)
- Estes Park (1)
- Fort Carson (1)
- Fort Collins (2)
- Fort Morgan (1)
- Fruita (1)
- Glenwood Springs (1)
- Grand Junction (3)
- Greeley (2)
- Gunnison (1)
- Haxtun (1)
- Highlands Ranch (2)
- Holyoke (1)
- Hugo (1)
- Julesburg (1)
- Kremmling (1)
- Pagosa Springs (1)
- Parker (1)
- Pueblo (3)
- Salida (1)
- Springfield (1)
- Steamboat Springs (1)
- Sterling (1)
- Vail (1)
- Walsenburg (1)
- Westminster (2)
- Wheat Ridge (1)
- Woodland Park (1)
- Wray (1)
- Yuma (1)
Largest hospitals in Colorado
Ranked by beds reported on each hospital's latest Medicare cost report. Largest doesn't mean best, and campuses filing one report are counted together.
- UCHealth University of Colorado HospitalAurora 773 beds(Medicare cost report FY2025)
- UCHealth Memorial Hospital CentralColorado Springs 526 beds(Medicare cost report FY2025)
- Colorado Mental Health InstPueblo 516 beds(Medicare cost report FY2025)
- Centura Health-Penrose St Francis Health ServicesColorado Springs 484 beds(Medicare cost report FY2025)
- Children's HospitalDenver 484 beds(Medicare cost report FY2024)
Health insurance in Colorado
Colorado runs its own exchange, Connect for Health Colorado.
People and health care in Colorado
From the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (2020–2024).
What nurses earn in Colorado
Healthcare jobs and pay in Colorado
Pay for the healthcare jobs with the most workers in Colorado, from Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data (May 2025).
Questions about hospitals in Colorado
How many hospitals are in Colorado?
There are 104 open hospitals in Colorado across 67 cities. 92 of them have an emergency department.
Which Colorado city has the most hospitals?
Denver, with 14 hospitals. Colorado Springs is next with 7.
How long is the ER wait in Colorado?
The median emergency room visit in Colorado lasts 2 hr 14 min, 14 min shorter than the US median of 2 hr 28 min. That is a 12-month median from CMS, not a live wait time.
How many Colorado hospitals have 5 stars?
14 of the 49 Colorado hospitals with a Medicare overall star rating have 5 stars, and 36 have 4 or 5 stars. The average rating is 4.0 out of 5.
Hospitals in neighboring states
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Source: hospital listings from CMS and public records; emergency room wait times (measure OP-18b) and overall star ratings from CMS Care Compare. Wait times are 12-month medians, not live. Where these figures come from.
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