ER Visit (level 1, minor) 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

$882.45

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.

$882.45

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.

$19.87 with Bcbs vs $164.56 with Selecthealth — 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
Bcbs All Commercial Plans $19.87 ↓ -98%
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $87.17 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $88.95 ↓ -90%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $89.84 ↓ -90%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Managed Care Plan $90.73 ↓ -90%
Wellpath Medicare Managed Care $111.19 ↓ -87%
Selecthealth Hmo/Pos $164.56 ↓ -81%

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ER Visit (level 1, minor) at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $352.83 $85.84 – $3,979.00
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $221.45 $85.94 – $3,979.00
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $118.90 $53.01 – $184.30
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $254.58 $42.98 – $98.94
AdventHealth Porter Denver $882.45 $19.87 – $164.56
HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION Denver $361.52 $136.61 – $142.36
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $882.45 $19.87 – $164.56
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $882.45 $19.87 – $166.39

All Colorado hospitals for this procedure →