Consultation pathology during surgery frozen section first tissue block at AdventHealth Porter
2525 S Downing St, Denver, CO · AdventHealth · · NPI 1801800594
$2,028.92
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.
$2,028.92
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.
$74.91 with Bcbs vs $332.48 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.
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 | $74.91 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | Whole Health Other Commercial Plan | $76.00 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental Other Commercial Plan | $83.21 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | Hmo/Ppo | $95.00 | ↓ -95% |
| Cigna | Local Plus Other Commercial Plan | $135.42 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | Open Choice Hmo/Ppo | $142.48 | ↓ -93% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $176.13 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $179.72 | ↓ -91% |
| Bcbs | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $181.52 | ↓ -91% |
| Cigna | Healthspring Medicare Managed Care Plan | $183.31 | ↓ -91% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Hmo/Ppo | $223.74 | ↓ -89% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Colorado Doctors Epo | $223.74 | ↓ -89% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Navigate/Core/Charter/Nexusaco Other Commercial Plan | $223.74 | ↓ -89% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select Colorado Other Commercial Plan | $223.74 | ↓ -89% |
| Selecthealth | Hmo/Pos | $332.48 | ↓ -84% |
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| CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE | DENVER | $882.00 | $18.96 – $362.46 |
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| HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION | Denver | $775.53 | $149.16 – $273.89 |
| Banner Fort Collins Medical Center | Fort Collins | $167.18 | $141.04 – $413.30 |
| Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus | Loveland | $145.17 | $88.41 – $413.83 |
| Sterling Regional Medical Center | Sterling | $169.59 | $95.98 – $333.68 |
| East Morgan County Hospital | Brush | $211.90 | $144.96 – $333.68 |
| HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE | Lone Tree | $222.97 | $23.84 – $362.46 |