Assay of breath ethanol at AdventHealth Castle Rock
2350 Meadows Blvd, Castle Rock, CO · AdventHealth · · NPI 1912249590
$191.66
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$191.66
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$0.02 with Aetna vs $101.49 with Cigna — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna | Whole Health Other Commercial Plan | $0.02 | ↓ -100% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental Other Commercial Plan | $0.03 | ↓ -100% |
| Aetna | Hmo/Ppo | $0.03 | ↓ -100% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $29.40 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $30.00 | ↓ -84% |
| Bcbs | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $30.30 | ↓ -84% |
| Cigna | Healthspring Medicare Managed Care Plan | $30.60 | ↓ -84% |
| Wellpath | Medicare Managed Care | $37.50 | ↓ -80% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Hmo/Ppo | $45.00 | ↓ -77% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Colorado Doctors Epo | $45.00 | ↓ -77% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Navigate/Core/Charter/Nexusaco Other Commercial Plan | $45.00 | ↓ -77% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select Colorado Other Commercial Plan | $45.00 | ↓ -77% |
| Bcbs | All Commercial Plans | $50.49 | ↓ -74% |
| Employers Health Network | All Commercial Plans | $52.50 | ↓ -73% |
| Centivo | All Commercial Plans | $52.50 | ↓ -73% |
| Denver Public Schools | All Commercial Plans | $52.50 | ↓ -73% |
| Selecthealth | Hmo/Pos | $55.50 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | Local Plus Other Commercial Plan | $96.46 | ↓ -50% |
| Cigna | Open Choice Hmo/Ppo | $101.49 | ↓ -47% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Assay of breath ethanol at other Colorado hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus | Loveland | $20.70 | $23.13 – $85.50 |
| Sterling Regional Medical Center | Sterling | $29.70 | $25.11 – $87.30 |
| East Morgan County Hospital | Brush | $55.44 | $37.93 – $87.30 |
| AdventHealth Porter | Denver | $191.66 | $0.02 – $55.50 |
| AdventHealth Littleton | Littleton | $191.66 | $0.02 – $55.50 |
| AdventHealth Avista | Louisville | $191.66 | $0.02 – $55.50 |
| AdventHealth Parker | Parker | $191.66 | $0.02 – $55.50 |
| HCA HealthONE AURORA | Aurora | not published | $15.99 – $72.90 |