Culture body fluid at AdventHealth Castle Rock
2350 Meadows Blvd, Castle Rock, CO · AdventHealth · · NPI 1912249590
$460.84
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.
$460.84
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.
$8.45 with Unitedhealthcare vs $29.49 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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| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $8.45 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $8.62 | ↓ -98% |
| Bcbs | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $8.71 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna | Healthspring Medicare Managed Care Plan | $8.79 | ↓ -98% |
| Wellpath | Medicare Managed Care | $10.77 | ↓ -98% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Hmo/Ppo | $12.93 | ↓ -97% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Navigate/Core/Charter/Nexusaco Other Commercial Plan | $12.93 | ↓ -97% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select Colorado Other Commercial Plan | $12.93 | ↓ -97% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Colorado Doctors Epo | $12.93 | ↓ -97% |
| Bcbs | All Commercial Plans | $14.51 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | Whole Health Other Commercial Plan | $15.01 | ↓ -97% |
| Denver Public Schools | All Commercial Plans | $15.09 | ↓ -97% |
| Employers Health Network | All Commercial Plans | $15.09 | ↓ -97% |
| Centivo | All Commercial Plans | $15.09 | ↓ -97% |
| Selecthealth | Hmo/Pos | $15.95 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental Other Commercial Plan | $16.43 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | Hmo/Ppo | $18.76 | ↓ -96% |
| Cigna | Local Plus Other Commercial Plan | $28.03 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna | Open Choice Hmo/Ppo | $29.49 | ↓ -94% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Culture body fluid at other Colorado hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner Fort Collins Medical Center | Fort Collins | $20.30 | $8.36 – $24.70 |
| Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus | Loveland | $31.25 | $6.68 – $24.70 |
| Sterling Regional Medical Center | Sterling | $48.16 | $7.25 – $25.22 |
| East Morgan County Hospital | Brush | $74.82 | $10.96 – $25.22 |
| AdventHealth Porter | Denver | $460.84 | $8.45 – $15.95 |
| AdventHealth Littleton | Littleton | $460.84 | $8.45 – $15.95 |
| AdventHealth Avista | Louisville | $460.84 | $8.45 – $15.95 |
| AdventHealth Parker | Parker | $460.84 | $8.45 – $15.95 |