AdventHealth Castle Rock
A nonprofit AdventHealth hospital campus and Level III trauma center in Castle Rock, Colorado.
Last updated August 26, 2026
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Overview
AdventHealth Castle Rock is a nonprofit hospital campus in Castle Rock, Colorado, operated and owned by AdventHealth. The facility serves Castle Rock, Douglas County, and surrounding communities as part of the wider AdventHealth health system. Its clinical profile includes emergency care, inpatient hospital services, outpatient medical offices, surgery and diagnostic services, and cancer-care development. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment designates the hospital as a Level III trauma center. The campus originated in the late 2000s, when Centura Health acquired land in The Meadows development for a future healthcare complex. Planning progressed from an emergency department and medical-office building to a full hospital. Construction of the emergency department and medical-office component began in 2010, and the emergency department opened in September 2011. The hospital and medical-office building opened on August 1, 2013, under the name Castle Rock Adventist Hospital. The project gave the rapidly growing community a local acute-care facility rather than requiring residents to travel to hospitals elsewhere in the Denver metropolitan area. A distinctive element of the campus is its Manna foodservice operation. Instead of relying solely on a conventional hospital cafeteria, the campus developed Manna Restaurant, Manna Market, and Bedside Manna room service. The restaurant was designed to provide a more conventional dining experience to visitors and the public, while the market and bedside service support patients, families, and staff. The hospital has also maintained a vegetable garden on campus, linking its foodservice identity with an emphasis on fresh ingredients and hospitality. The facility expanded as local demand increased. In 2021, 36 beds were added to the fourth floor. The campus also undertook laboratory improvements and continued developing specialty services. A cancer center project became a major later-stage development. In 2024, the Palmer Building was renamed the Schrader Building after a local couple donated $5 million toward a cancer center. In January 2025, Douglas County commissioners approved a $1 million grant to the AdventHealth Rocky Mountain Foundation to support a Vision RT radiation-therapy system for the hospital. The cancer center opened on February 23, 2026, according to the supplied reference material. The hospital changed its corporate identity during the separation of Centura Health. Centura announced in February 2023 that its joint operating structure would split, and the separation took effect on August 1, 2023. The Castle Rock facility consequently adopted the AdventHealth Castle Rock name. The rebrand aligned the hospital with AdventHealth's broader regional and national identity while preserving its local campus and services. AdventHealth Castle Rock has received external quality recognition, including a five-star rating from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for 2022–2023 and an A grade from The Leapfrog Group from fall 2024 through May 2026, as reported in the reference material. The hospital has also been associated with patient-centered programs such as Angel Paws therapy-dog visits, which began in 2016. Its overall positioning combines community acute care, emergency and trauma services, specialty-care expansion, hospitality-oriented amenities, and affiliation with a large faith-based nonprofit health system.
History
AdventHealth Castle Rock developed from a planned healthcare campus in The Meadows development of Castle Rock, Colorado. In early October 2007, Centura Health acquired approximately 50 acres from Castle Rock Development Company for the project. Initial planning focused on an emergency department and a medical-office building, with HuntonBrady Architects involved in the design. Construction began in 2010, and the emergency department opened in September 2011. The full hospital was developed after the emergency-care component. Construction of a four-story, 50-bed hospital began in July 2011, with GE Johnson Construction Company involved in building the campus. Castle Rock Adventist Hospital and its medical-office building opened on August 1, 2013. The facility expanded its community role through emergency care, inpatient services, outpatient medical offices, and specialty programs. The campus established an unusual hospitality model through Manna Restaurant, Manna Market, and Bedside Manna. Manna Restaurant served visitors and members of the public as well as hospital users, while the market and bedside service provided food and convenience options for patients, families, and staff. Reporting cited in the supplied material described the restaurant as a significant part of Manna's business and noted the presence of a campus vegetable garden. This foodservice identity became one of the hospital's most recognizable local features. Patient-centered initiatives continued during the 2010s. Angel Paws therapy dogs began visiting patients in April 2016. The hospital also received coverage for its garden, foodservice, laboratory remodeling, and programs involving families of babies born at the facility. In 2021, the hospital added 36 beds to its fourth floor, reflecting growth in demand and capacity. The hospital's corporate identity changed in 2023. Centura Health announced in February that its health-system arrangement would split. When the separation took effect on August 1, the Castle Rock facility rebranded from Castle Rock Adventist Hospital to AdventHealth Castle Rock and became aligned directly with AdventHealth. The change affected the institution's name and system affiliation rather than eliminating the local campus. Cancer care became a central development priority in the 2020s. In June 2024, the hospital renamed the Palmer Building the Schrader Building following a $5 million local donation toward a cancer center. In January 2025, Douglas County commissioners approved a $1 million grant to the AdventHealth Rocky Mountain Foundation for a Vision RT radiation-therapy system. The cancer center opened on February 23, 2026, according to the supplied reference material. The hospital has also been subject to healthcare price-transparency scrutiny. Colorado legislation passed in 2017 required hospitals to publish chargemaster information beginning in 2018, while federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services requirements set a broader transparency deadline for 2021. The supplied reference material states that, in August 2022, Castle Rock Adventist Hospital had not complied with the applicable publication requirement. Colorado lawmakers responded with measures restricting hospitals' ability to pursue certain debts through collection-agency reporting when transparency obligations were not met. This issue is best understood as a regulatory and compliance controversy rather than a criminal scandal. AdventHealth Castle Rock has received a five-star Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services rating for 2022–2023 and an A grade from The Leapfrog Group from fall 2024 through May 2026, according to the supplied material. These recognitions, together with its Level III trauma designation, cancer-care investment, and community-oriented amenities, define the hospital's current profile as a growing regional facility within the AdventHealth network.
- 2026
Cancer center opens
[1]The hospital's cancer center opened on February 23, according to the supplied reference material.
- 2025
Radiation-therapy grant approved
[1]Douglas County commissioners approved a grant supporting a Vision RT radiation-therapy system at the hospital.
- 2024
Schrader Building designation
[1]The Palmer Building was renamed the Schrader Building in connection with local philanthropic support for a cancer center.
- 2023
AdventHealth rebrand
[1]After the Centura Health separation, Castle Rock Adventist Hospital became AdventHealth Castle Rock on August 1.
- 2021
Inpatient capacity expands
[1]The hospital added 36 beds to its fourth floor.
- 2016
Angel Paws therapy-dog visits begin
[1]Therapy dogs began visiting patients through the Angel Paws program.
- 2013
Hospital campus opens
[1]Castle Rock Adventist Hospital and its medical-office building opened on August 1.
- 2011
Emergency department opens
[1]The campus emergency department opened on September 7.
- 2010
Emergency department and medical-office construction begins
[1]Construction began on the initial emergency department and medical-office components of the planned campus.
- 2007
Campus land acquired
[1]Centura Health acquired approximately 50 acres in Castle Rock's The Meadows development for a future healthcare campus.
Products and positioning
A community-focused nonprofit hospital combining acute and emergency care with patient-centered hospitality, local specialty-service expansion, and the resources of the AdventHealth system.
Emergency care · 2011
Emergency department
The emergency department was the first major clinical component to open on the Castle Rock campus, beginning service in September 2011. It provides the hospital's front door for urgent and emergency evaluation and is part of a campus that carries a Level III trauma-center designation from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.
Acute care · 2013
Inpatient hospital services
The four-story hospital opened in 2013 with inpatient capacity and subsequently expanded. In 2021, 36 beds were added to the fourth floor. Inpatient services form the core of the campus alongside emergency, diagnostic, surgical, outpatient, and specialty-care functions.
Hospital hospitality and foodservice · 2013
Manna Restaurant, Manna Market, and Bedside Manna
Manna is the campus's distinctive foodservice group. Manna Restaurant offers restaurant-style dining to visitors and the public, Manna Market provides convenience retail, and Bedside Manna supplies food to patients. The operation also has an on-campus vegetable garden and was designed as an alternative to a conventional hospital cafeteria model.
Oncology · 2026
Cancer center
The cancer center represents a major specialty-care expansion for the Castle Rock campus. Its development was supported by a local $5 million donation, a renamed building, and public funding for a Vision RT radiation-therapy system. The center opened on February 23, 2026, according to the supplied reference material.
Outpatient services · 2013
Medical-office building
The medical-office building opened with the hospital campus in 2013 and supports outpatient clinicians and services connected with the broader AdventHealth Castle Rock campus.
Controversies
2022
Chargemaster transparency compliance dispute
The supplied reference material states that Castle Rock Adventist Hospital had not published its chargemaster as required by applicable Colorado and federal transparency rules by August 2022. Colorado lawmakers pursued measures limiting certain debt-collection consequences for hospitals that failed to meet transparency requirements. The episode was a regulatory compliance dispute, not an allegation of criminal conduct.
Marketing campaigns
- 2016Angel Paws therapy-dog visits
Castle Rock, Colorado
The hospital introduced regular Angel Paws therapy-dog visits to provide comfort and patient engagement within the facility.
Outcome. The program became part of the hospital's patient-centered care activities.
- 2013Manna foodservice concept
Castle Rock, Colorado
The campus launched Manna Restaurant, Manna Market, and Bedside Manna as a hospitality-oriented alternative to a standard hospital cafeteria.
Outcome. Manna became a notable local feature of the hospital and served patients, staff, visitors, and members of the public.
Brand decisions
2025
Support Vision RT radiation-therapy installationProduct launchBackground
The planned cancer center required additional radiation-treatment capability.
Action taken
Douglas County commissioners approved a $1 million grant to the AdventHealth Rocky Mountain Foundation for a Vision RT radiation-therapy system at the hospital.
Aftermath
The grant supported the hospital's oncology-service expansion before the cancer center opened.
Douglas County grant. $1 million (January 2025)
2024
Advance local cancer-care developmentStrategyBackground
AdventHealth Castle Rock was developing a cancer center to broaden specialty services available locally.
Action taken
The Palmer Building was renamed the Schrader Building following a local $5 million donation supporting the cancer center.
Aftermath
The project progressed toward opening a cancer center and installing radiation-therapy capability.
Local donation supporting cancer-center development. $5 million (2024)
2023
Adopt the AdventHealth identityStrategyBackground
Centura Health announced in February 2023 that its health-system structure would split, requiring the Castle Rock facility to align with its post-separation parent organization.
Action taken
The hospital changed its name from Castle Rock Adventist Hospital to AdventHealth Castle Rock on August 1, 2023.
Aftermath
The local hospital continued operating while becoming part of the AdventHealth-branded system.
2021
Expand fourth-floor bed capacityGeneration changeBackground
The growing Castle Rock service area created demand for additional inpatient capacity.
Action taken
The hospital added 36 beds to its fourth floor.
Aftermath
The expansion increased the campus's available inpatient capacity.
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