ER Visit (level 5, high severity) at AdventHealth Castle Rock
2350 Meadows Blvd, Castle Rock, CO · AdventHealth · · NPI 1912249590
$17,124.42
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.
$17,124.42
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.
$304.91 with Bcbs vs $1,162.20 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.
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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| Bcbs | All Commercial Plans | $304.91 | ↓ -98% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $615.65 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $628.22 | ↓ -96% |
| Bcbs | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $634.50 | ↓ -96% |
| Cigna | Healthspring Medicare Managed Care Plan | $640.78 | ↓ -96% |
| Wellpath | Medicare Managed Care | $785.27 | ↓ -95% |
| Selecthealth | Hmo/Pos | $1,162.20 | ↓ -93% |
Visitor-reported prices
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ER Visit (level 5, high severity) at other Colorado hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner Fort Collins Medical Center | Fort Collins | $2,245.25 | $597.67 – $4,750.00 |
| Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus | Loveland | $1,796.26 | $598.42 – $4,750.00 |
| Sterling Regional Medical Center | Sterling | $1,865.05 | $407.34 – $1,416.20 |
| East Morgan County Hospital | Brush | $2,627.34 | $328.69 – $756.60 |
| AdventHealth Porter | Denver | $17,124.42 | $304.91 – $1,162.20 |
| HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION | Denver | $5,118.43 | $988.36 – $1,029.98 |
| AdventHealth Littleton | Littleton | $17,124.42 | $304.91 – $1,162.20 |
| AdventHealth Avista | Louisville | $17,124.42 | $304.91 – $1,175.10 |