Excision benign lesion face/ears/eyelids/nose/lips/muc memb 0.6 - 1.0 cm 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

$923.06

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.

$923.06

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.

$242.11 with Bcbs vs $1,763.00 with Unitedhealthcare — 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 $242.11 ↓ -74%
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $732.06 ↓ -21%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $747.00 ↓ -19%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $754.47 ↓ -18%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Managed Care Plan $761.94 ↓ -17%
Archdiocese Of Denver All Commercial Plans $777.00 ↓ -16%
Wellpath Medicare Managed Care $933.75 ↑ +1%
Cigna Local Plus Other Commercial Plan $1,121.00 ↑ +21%
Unitedhealthcare Colorado Doctors Epo $1,170.00 ↑ +27%
Cigna Open Choice Hmo/Ppo $1,205.00 ↑ +31%
Aetna Whole Health Other Commercial Plan $1,248.00 ↑ +35%
Denver Public Schools All Commercial Plans $1,296.00 ↑ +40%
Centivo All Commercial Plans $1,296.00 ↑ +40%
Employers Health Network All Commercial Plans $1,296.00 ↑ +40%
Unitedhealthcare Navigate/Core/Charter/Nexusaco Other Commercial Plan $1,368.00 ↑ +48%
Selecthealth Hmo/Pos $1,381.94 ↑ +50%
Aetna Medical Rental Other Commercial Plan $1,425.00 ↑ +54%
Unitedhealthcare Hmo/Ppo $1,520.00 ↑ +65%
Aetna Hmo/Ppo $1,560.00 ↑ +69%
Unitedhealthcare Select Colorado Other Commercial Plan $1,763.00 ↑ +91%

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Excision benign lesion face/ears/eyelids/nose/lips/muc memb 0.6 - 1.0 cm at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
AdventHealth Porter Denver $923.06 $242.11 – $1,381.94
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $923.06 $242.11 – $1,381.94
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $923.06 $242.11 – $1,397.28
AdventHealth Parker Parker $923.06 $242.11 – $1,381.94
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland not published $3,990.00 – $13,923.00
HCA HealthONE AURORA Aurora not published $1,082.63 – $1,128.21
CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE DENVER not published $1,082.63 – $1,128.21
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver not published $1,082.63 – $1,128.21

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