Albumin, human 5 % intravenous solution at AdventHealth Porter

2525 S Downing St, Denver, CO · AdventHealth · · NPI 1801800594

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

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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.

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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.

$10.40 with Unitedhealthcare vs $23.51 with Aetna — 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 $10.40
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $10.62
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $10.72
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Managed Care Plan $10.83
Employers Health Network All Commercial Plans $18.58
Centivo All Commercial Plans $18.58
Denver Public Schools All Commercial Plans $18.58
Aetna Whole Health Other Commercial Plan $18.81
Selecthealth Hmo/Pos $19.64
Bcbs All Commercial Plans $19.88
Aetna Hmo/Ppo $23.51

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Albumin, human 5 % intravenous solution at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE DENVER $898.00 $17.15 – $31.86
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver $978.50 $17.15 – $17.87
HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION Denver $413.42 $17.15 – $31.86
HCA HealthONE AURORA Aurora $690.55 $17.15 – $31.86
HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE Lone Tree $1,170.96 $17.15 – $31.86
HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE PARKER $1,170.96 $10.30 – $31.86
HCA HealthONE BELMAR ER, A PART OF SWEDISH LAKEWOOD $364.12 $17.15 – $31.86
HCA HealthONE MOUNTAIN RIDGE Thornton not published $17.15 – $31.86

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