C-peptide 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

$409.35

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.

$409.35

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.

$20.39 with Unitedhealthcare vs $70.80 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.

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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 $20.39 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $20.81 ↓ -95%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $21.02 ↓ -95%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Managed Care Plan $21.23 ↓ -95%
Unitedhealthcare Select Colorado Other Commercial Plan $31.22 ↓ -92%
Unitedhealthcare Hmo/Ppo $31.22 ↓ -92%
Unitedhealthcare Navigate/Core/Charter/Nexusaco Other Commercial Plan $31.22 ↓ -92%
Unitedhealthcare Colorado Doctors Epo $31.22 ↓ -92%
Bcbs All Commercial Plans $35.02 ↓ -91%
Aetna Whole Health Other Commercial Plan $36.22 ↓ -91%
Denver Public Schools All Commercial Plans $36.41 ↓ -91%
Centivo All Commercial Plans $36.41 ↓ -91%
Employers Health Network All Commercial Plans $36.41 ↓ -91%
Selecthealth Hmo/Pos $38.50 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medical Rental Other Commercial Plan $39.65 ↓ -90%
Aetna Hmo/Ppo $45.27 ↓ -89%
Cigna Local Plus Other Commercial Plan $67.29 ↓ -84%
Cigna Open Choice Hmo/Ppo $70.80 ↓ -83%

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C-peptide at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION Denver $635.34 $20.60 – $21.85
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $14.30 $20.19 – $59.85
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $14.49 $16.19 – $59.85
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $20.79 $17.58 – $61.11
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $38.81 $26.55 – $61.11
HCA HealthONE BELMAR ER, A PART OF SWEDISH LAKEWOOD $599.24 $12.18 – $50.57
HCA HealthONE MOUNTAIN RIDGE Thornton $648.42 $9.88 – $50.57
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $409.35 $20.39 – $38.50

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