Cytopath smear oth prep screen & interp at AdventHealth Castle Rock

2350 Meadows Blvd, Castle Rock, CO · AdventHealth · · NPI 1912249590

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$328.88

Cash price

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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.

$328.88

Gross charge

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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.

$29.90 with Unitedhealthcare vs $156.62 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $29.90 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $30.51 ↓ -91%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $30.82 ↓ -91%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Managed Care Plan $31.12 ↓ -91%
Unitedhealthcare Select Colorado Other Commercial Plan $37.01 ↓ -89%
Unitedhealthcare Hmo/Ppo $37.01 ↓ -89%
Unitedhealthcare Navigate/Core/Charter/Nexusaco Other Commercial Plan $37.01 ↓ -89%
Unitedhealthcare Colorado Doctors Epo $37.01 ↓ -89%
Wellpath Medicare Managed Care $38.14 ↓ -88%
Selecthealth Hmo/Pos $56.45 ↓ -83%
Aetna Whole Health Other Commercial Plan $95.66 ↓ -71%
Aetna Medical Rental Other Commercial Plan $104.73 ↓ -68%
Bcbs All Commercial Plans $109.23 ↓ -67%
Aetna Hmo/Ppo $119.57 ↓ -64%
Cigna Local Plus Other Commercial Plan $148.86 ↓ -55%
Cigna Open Choice Hmo/Ppo $156.62 ↓ -52%

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Cytopath smear oth prep screen & interp at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $160.88 $23.87 – $312.55
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $151.01 $23.90 – $312.55
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $30.46 $18.97 – $65.96
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $44.34 $28.66 – $65.96
AdventHealth Porter Denver $328.88 $29.90 – $56.45
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AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $328.88 $29.90 – $56.45
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $328.88 $30.23 – $57.07

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