Mayo lipoprotein electrophoresis 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

$157.18

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.

$157.18

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.

$11.03 with Unitedhealthcare vs $37.76 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 $11.03 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $11.26 ↓ -93%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $11.37 ↓ -93%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Managed Care Plan $11.49 ↓ -93%
Unitedhealthcare Select Colorado Other Commercial Plan $16.89 ↓ -89%
Unitedhealthcare Hmo/Ppo $16.89 ↓ -89%
Unitedhealthcare Navigate/Core/Charter/Nexusaco Other Commercial Plan $16.89 ↓ -89%
Unitedhealthcare Colorado Doctors Epo $16.89 ↓ -89%
Bcbs All Commercial Plans $18.95 ↓ -88%
Aetna Whole Health Other Commercial Plan $19.61 ↓ -88%
Denver Public Schools All Commercial Plans $19.70 ↓ -87%
Centivo All Commercial Plans $19.70 ↓ -87%
Employers Health Network All Commercial Plans $19.70 ↓ -87%
Selecthealth Hmo/Pos $20.83 ↓ -87%
Aetna Medical Rental Other Commercial Plan $21.47 ↓ -86%
Aetna Hmo/Ppo $24.51 ↓ -84%
Cigna Local Plus Other Commercial Plan $35.89 ↓ -77%
Cigna Open Choice Hmo/Ppo $37.76 ↓ -76%

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Mayo lipoprotein electrophoresis at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE DENVER not published $5.12 – $27.36
HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION Denver not published $11.15 – $11.82
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $23.38 $10.92 – $97.85
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $23.69 $10.92 – $97.85
HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE Lone Tree $482.83 $6.44 – $27.36
HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE PARKER $482.83 $6.44 – $78.66
HCA HealthONE MOUNTAIN RIDGE Thornton $502.90 $5.34 – $27.36
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $157.18 $11.03 – $20.83

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