Assay of neonatal thyroxine at AdventHealth Porter
2525 S Downing St, Denver, CO · AdventHealth · · NPI 1801800594
$17.72
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.
$17.72
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.
$6.34 with Unitedhealthcare vs $22.42 with Cigna — 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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| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $6.34 | ↓ -64% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $6.47 | ↓ -63% |
| Bcbs | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $6.53 | ↓ -63% |
| Cigna | Healthspring Medicare Managed Care Plan | $6.60 | ↓ -63% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select Colorado Other Commercial Plan | $9.71 | ↓ -45% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Hmo/Ppo | $9.71 | ↓ -45% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Navigate/Core/Charter/Nexusaco Other Commercial Plan | $9.71 | ↓ -45% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Colorado Doctors Epo | $9.71 | ↓ -45% |
| Bcbs | All Commercial Plans | $10.89 | ↓ -39% |
| Aetna | Whole Health Other Commercial Plan | $11.26 | ↓ -36% |
| Denver Public Schools | All Commercial Plans | $11.32 | ↓ -36% |
| Centivo | All Commercial Plans | $11.32 | ↓ -36% |
| Employers Health Network | All Commercial Plans | $11.32 | ↓ -36% |
| Selecthealth | Hmo/Pos | $11.97 | ↓ -32% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental Other Commercial Plan | $12.32 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna | Hmo/Ppo | $14.07 | ↓ -21% |
| Cigna | Local Plus Other Commercial Plan | $21.31 | ↑ +20% |
| Cigna | Open Choice Hmo/Ppo | $22.42 | ↑ +27% |
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Assay of neonatal thyroxine at other Colorado hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION | Denver | not published | $6.41 – $6.79 |
| Banner Fort Collins Medical Center | Fort Collins | $4.54 | $6.28 – $19.00 |
| Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus | Loveland | $4.60 | $5.14 – $19.00 |
| Sterling Regional Medical Center | Sterling | $6.60 | $5.58 – $19.40 |
| East Morgan County Hospital | Brush | $12.32 | $8.43 – $19.40 |
| HCA HealthONE AURORA | Aurora | $126.09 | $3.45 – $15.72 |
| HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE | Lone Tree | $107.42 | $3.70 – $15.72 |
| HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE | PARKER | $107.42 | $3.70 – $78.66 |