Consultation/report referred slides prepared elsewhere at AdventHealth Castle Rock
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$332.69
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.
$332.69
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.
$38.61 with Unitedhealthcare vs $182.70 with Aetna — 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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| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $38.61 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $39.40 | ↓ -88% |
| Bcbs | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $39.79 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna | Healthspring Medicare Managed Care Plan | $40.19 | ↓ -88% |
| Wellpath | Medicare Managed Care | $49.25 | ↓ -85% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select Colorado Other Commercial Plan | $50.76 | ↓ -85% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Hmo/Ppo | $50.76 | ↓ -85% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Navigate/Core/Charter/Nexusaco Other Commercial Plan | $50.76 | ↓ -85% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Colorado Doctors Epo | $50.76 | ↓ -85% |
| Selecthealth | Hmo/Pos | $72.89 | ↓ -78% |
| Bcbs | All Commercial Plans | $145.49 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | Whole Health Other Commercial Plan | $146.16 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental Other Commercial Plan | $160.02 | ↓ -52% |
| Cigna | Local Plus Other Commercial Plan | $169.19 | ↓ -49% |
| Cigna | Open Choice Hmo/Ppo | $178.01 | ↓ -46% |
| Aetna | Hmo/Ppo | $182.70 | ↓ -45% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Consultation/report referred slides prepared elsewhere at other Colorado hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Fort Collins Medical Center | Fort Collins | $220.64 | $38.27 – $431.30 |
| Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus | Loveland | $191.59 | $38.31 – $431.30 |
| Sterling Regional Medical Center | Sterling | $38.95 | $22.04 – $76.63 |
| East Morgan County Hospital | Brush | $48.66 | $33.29 – $76.63 |
| AdventHealth Porter | Denver | $332.69 | $38.61 – $72.89 |
| CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE | DENVER | $311.00 | $33.84 – $82.23 |
| HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's | Denver | $300.50 | $33.84 – $82.23 |
| HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE | Lone Tree | $281.56 | $33.84 – $82.23 |