112 hospitals in Colorado
Every hospital in Colorado by city, with emergency room wait times and Medicare star ratings where CMS publishes them.
Hospitals
112
in 68 Colorado cities
With an ER
97
87% of hospitals
Colorado has 112 open hospitals across 68 cities. By type: 55 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 7).
Colorado's largest hospital cities
Colorado Springs
8 hospitals · 7 with an ER
- Median ER
- 1 hr 50 min
- Top rated
- Memorial Hospital Central (4★)
Aurora
5 hospitals · 4 with an ER
- Median ER
- 2 hr 14 min
- Top rated
- University of Colorado Hospital Anschutz Inpatient (5★)
Grand Junction
5 hospitals · 4 with an ER
- Median ER
- 2 hr 48 min
- Top rated
- Grand Junction VA Medical Center (5★)
Top-rated hospitals and shortest ER visits
Highest Medicare star ratings
- University of Colorado Hospital Anschutz InpatientAurora
- Mt San Rafael HospitalTrinidad
- Poudre Valley HospitalFort Collins
- Longs Peak HospitalLongmont
- Medical Center of the RockiesLoveland
- Vail Valley Medical CenterVail
- Centura Health-St Anthony North HospitalWestminster
- Uchealth Highlands Ranch HospitalHighlands Ranch
Shortest median ER visits
- 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 Hospital, LLCDurango 1 hr 39 min
- Uchealth Grandview HospitalColorado Springs 1 hr 41 min
- University of Colorado Hospital Anschutz InpatientAurora 1 hr 42 min
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All Colorado cities with hospitals
B
- Boulder (1)
- Breckenridge (1)
- Brighton (2)
- Broomfield (2)
- Brush (1)
- Burlington (1)
C
- Canon City (2)
- Castle Rock (1)
- Cheyenne Wells (1)
- Colorado Springs (8)
- Cortez (1)
- Craig (2)
E
- Eads (2)
- Englewood (4)
- Estes Park (1)
F
- Fort Carson (1)
- Fort Collins (2)
- Fort Morgan (1)
- Fruita (2)
G
- Glenwood Springs (1)
- Grand Junction (5)
- Greeley (2)
- Gunnison (1)
H
- Haxtun (1)
- Highlands Ranch (2)
- Holyoke (2)
- Hugo (2)
J
- Julesburg (2)
K
- Kremmling (2)
L
P
- Pagosa Springs (1)
- Parker (1)
- Pueblo (3)
S
- Salida (2)
- Springfield (1)
- Steamboat Springs (1)
- Sterling (1)
V
- Vail (1)
W
- Walsenburg (1)
- Westminster (2)
- Wheat Ridge (1)
- Woodland Park (1)
- Wray (1)
Y
- Yuma (2)
People and health care in Colorado
From the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (2020–2024).
Population
5,862,189
Median age 37.7
Hospitals per 100,000
1.9
112 hospitals listed · #27 of 50 states
No health insurance
7.7%
below the U.S. 8.4%
Age 65 and over
15.6%
below the U.S. 17.2%
Median household income
$95,470
U.S. $80,734
What nurses earn in Colorado
Questions about hospitals in Colorado
How many hospitals are in Colorado?
There are 112 open hospitals in Colorado across 68 cities. 97 of them have an emergency department.
Which Colorado city has the most hospitals?
Denver, with 14 hospitals. Colorado Springs is next with 8.
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?
15 of the 53 Colorado hospitals with a Medicare overall star rating have 5 stars, and 38 have 4 or 5 stars. The average rating is 3.9 out of 5.
Hospitals in neighboring states
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.
Not affiliated with CMS. For a medical emergency, call 911.