Abdominal paracentesis w/image guidance at AdventHealth Porter
2525 S Downing St, Denver, CO · AdventHealth · · NPI 1801800594
$6,528.41
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.
$6,528.41
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.
$185.87 with Bcbs vs $2,043.00 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.
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 | $185.87 | ↓ -97% |
| Archdiocese Of Denver | All Commercial Plans | $777.00 | ↓ -88% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $937.63 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $956.76 | ↓ -85% |
| Bcbs | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $966.33 | ↓ -85% |
| Cigna | Healthspring Medicare Managed Care Plan | $975.90 | ↓ -85% |
| Cigna | Local Plus Other Commercial Plan | $1,121.00 | ↓ -83% |
| Cigna | Open Choice Hmo/Ppo | $1,205.00 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | Whole Health Other Commercial Plan | $1,248.00 | ↓ -81% |
| Employers Health Network | All Commercial Plans | $1,296.00 | ↓ -80% |
| Centivo | All Commercial Plans | $1,296.00 | ↓ -80% |
| Denver Public Schools | All Commercial Plans | $1,296.00 | ↓ -80% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Colorado Doctors Epo | $1,356.00 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental Other Commercial Plan | $1,425.00 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | Hmo/Ppo | $1,560.00 | ↓ -76% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Navigate/Core/Charter/Nexusaco Other Commercial Plan | $1,585.00 | ↓ -76% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Hmo/Ppo | $1,761.00 | ↓ -73% |
| Selecthealth | Hmo/Pos | $1,770.01 | ↓ -73% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select Colorado Other Commercial Plan | $2,043.00 | ↓ -69% |
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Abdominal paracentesis w/image guidance at other Colorado hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE | DENVER | not published | $1,394.86 – $1,453.59 |
| HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's | Denver | not published | $1,394.86 – $1,453.59 |
| HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION | Denver | not published | $1,394.86 – $1,453.59 |
| Banner Fort Collins Medical Center | Fort Collins | $632.37 | $658.05 – $13,923.00 |
| Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus | Loveland | $717.44 | $412.49 – $13,923.00 |
| Sterling Regional Medical Center | Sterling | $528.67 | $346.24 – $1,203.77 |
| East Morgan County Hospital | Brush | $879.87 | $94.81 – $218.25 |
| AdventHealth Littleton | Littleton | $6,528.41 | $185.87 – $1,770.01 |