Remove spine infusion device 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

$17,204.82

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.

$17,204.82

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.

$537.12 with Bcbs vs $17,564.00 with Unitedhealthcare — 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
Bcbs All Commercial Plans $537.12 ↓ -97%
Archdiocese Of Denver All Commercial Plans $777.00 ↓ -95%
Aetna Whole Health Other Commercial Plan $1,248.00 ↓ -93%
Employers Health Network All Commercial Plans $1,296.00 ↓ -92%
Denver Public Schools All Commercial Plans $1,296.00 ↓ -92%
Centivo All Commercial Plans $1,296.00 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medical Rental Other Commercial Plan $1,425.00 ↓ -92%
Cigna Local Plus Other Commercial Plan $1,495.00 ↓ -91%
Aetna Hmo/Ppo $1,560.00 ↓ -91%
Cigna Open Choice Hmo/Ppo $1,608.00 ↓ -91%
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,531.57 ↓ -79%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,603.64 ↓ -79%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,639.68 ↓ -79%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Managed Care Plan $3,675.71 ↓ -79%
Selecthealth Hmo/Pos $6,666.73 ↓ -61%
Unitedhealthcare Colorado Doctors Epo $11,659.00 ↓ -32%
Unitedhealthcare Navigate/Core/Charter/Nexusaco Other Commercial Plan $13,627.00 ↓ -21%
Unitedhealthcare Hmo/Ppo $15,141.00 ↓ -12%
Unitedhealthcare Select Colorado Other Commercial Plan $17,564.00 ↑ +2%

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