Iron dextran 50 mg/ml injection 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

$481.37

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.

$481.37

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.

$17.74 with Unitedhealthcare vs $39.94 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 $17.74 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $18.11 ↓ -96%
Cigna Local Plus Other Commercial Plan $18.21 ↓ -96%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $18.29 ↓ -96%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Managed Care Plan $18.47 ↓ -96%
Cigna Open Choice Hmo/Ppo $19.51 ↓ -96%
Unitedhealthcare Navigate/Core/Charter/Nexusaco Other Commercial Plan $29.75 ↓ -94%
Unitedhealthcare Colorado Doctors Epo $29.75 ↓ -94%
Unitedhealthcare Hmo/Ppo $29.75 ↓ -94%
Unitedhealthcare Select Colorado Other Commercial Plan $29.75 ↓ -94%
Employers Health Network All Commercial Plans $31.69 ↓ -93%
Denver Public Schools All Commercial Plans $31.69 ↓ -93%
Centivo All Commercial Plans $31.69 ↓ -93%
Aetna Whole Health Other Commercial Plan $31.95 ↓ -93%
Bcbs All Commercial Plans $32.25 ↓ -93%
Selecthealth Hmo/Pos $33.50 ↓ -93%
Aetna Hmo/Ppo $39.94 ↓ -92%

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Iron dextran 50 mg/ml injection solution at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE DENVER $260.00 $19.51 – $54.24
HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION Denver $175.22 $27.96 – $54.24
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver not published $19.51 – $29.83
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $481.37 $17.74 – $33.50
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $481.37 $17.74 – $33.50
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $481.37 $17.74 – $33.50
AdventHealth Parker Parker $481.37 $17.74 – $33.50
HCA HealthONE AURORA Aurora not published $19.51 – $54.24

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