Cholecystostomy complete w/supervision & interpretation 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

$5,318.08

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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.

$5,318.08

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.

$588.16 with Bcbs vs $6,987.28 with Selecthealth — 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

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 $588.16 ↓ -89%
Archdiocese Of Denver All Commercial Plans $1,843.00 ↓ -65%
Aetna Whole Health Other Commercial Plan $2,551.00 ↓ -52%
Aetna Medical Rental Other Commercial Plan $2,613.00 ↓ -51%
Aetna Hmo/Ppo $3,189.00 ↓ -40%
Unitedhealthcare Colorado Doctors Epo $3,271.00 ↓ -38%
Centivo All Commercial Plans $3,281.00 ↓ -38%
Denver Public Schools All Commercial Plans $3,281.00 ↓ -38%
Employers Health Network All Commercial Plans $3,281.00 ↓ -38%
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,701.37 ↓ -30%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,776.91 ↓ -29%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,814.68 ↓ -28%
Unitedhealthcare Navigate/Core/Charter/Nexusaco Other Commercial Plan $3,823.00 ↓ -28%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,852.44 ↓ -28%
Cigna Local Plus Other Commercial Plan $4,012.00 ↓ -25%
Unitedhealthcare Hmo/Ppo $4,248.00 ↓ -20%
Cigna Open Choice Hmo/Ppo $4,314.00 ↓ -19%
Unitedhealthcare Select Colorado Other Commercial Plan $4,928.00 ↓ -7%
Selecthealth Hmo/Pos $6,987.28 ↑ +31%

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Cholecystostomy complete w/supervision & interpretation at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE DENVER not published $5,323.59 – $5,547.74
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver not published $5,323.59 – $5,547.74
HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION Denver not published $5,323.59 – $5,547.74
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $1,867.17 $1,942.99 – $9,872.00
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $2,118.33 $1,217.92 – $9,872.00
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $2,016.26 $1,320.51 – $4,591.01
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $5,318.08 $588.16 – $6,987.28
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $5,318.08 $588.16 – $7,064.83

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