Crystal identification light microscopy at CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE

4930 WABASH ST, DENVER, CO · HCA HealthONE · · NPI 1023062098

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

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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.

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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.

$3.33 with Cigna vs $526.50 with Multiplan — 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
Cigna Connect-SBP $3.33
Cigna SureFit $4.66
Cigna Connect-NSBP $5.14
Cigna Broad $6.43
Humana MCR $7.26
United MCR $7.29
Mutual of Omaha MCR $7.33
Devoted Health MCRAdvantage $7.33
Cigna HealthSpring Medicare $7.33
Bright Health PFFS $7.33
Bright Health MCRSNP $7.33
Aetna MCRADVHMO $7.33
Aetna MCRADVPPO $7.33
Total LongTerm Care MCR $7.33
Bright Health MCRPOS $7.33
Bright Health MCRHMO $7.33
Bright Health DualEligible $7.33
United AllPayerAppendix $7.33
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $7.33
Anthem BCBS MCR $7.33
TriWest Health Alliance FED $7.33
Bright Health MCRPPO $7.33
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $7.33
Rocky Mountain Health MGMCR $7.33
Kaiser MGMCR $7.48
InnovAge Pace MCR $7.48
WellCare MCR $7.55
Delaware Life Insurance MGMCR $7.70
Anthem PathwayEssentials $17.81
Anthem PathwayNSBP $22.72
Anthem PPO $34.82
Anthem HMO $34.82
Vail Health COMM $88.92
Kaiser KPIF $117.00
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $117.00
United OptionsPPO $121.09
Kaiser HMO $138.06
Kaiser PPO $152.10
Bright Health OON $175.50
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $263.25
United GlobalBenefit $263.25
Aetna Cofinity $308.88
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $374.40
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $374.40
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $374.40
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $374.40
Western Plains Community Health COMM $380.25
NorthCare COMM $409.50
Physician Health Partners MCR $409.50
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $409.50
Anthem PAR $432.90
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $438.75
Medical Development International COMM $468.00
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $497.25
Rocky Mtn Planned Parenthood COMM $497.25
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $526.50
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $526.50
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ASA not published by hospital

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Crystal identification light microscopy at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
AdventHealth Porter Denver $291.78 $7.18 – $13.56
HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION Denver $187.92 $7.26 – $7.70
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver not published $4.66 – $17.81
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $8.49 $7.11 – $20.90
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $9.31 $5.65 – $20.90
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $11.62 $6.14 – $21.34
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $19.38 $9.27 – $21.34
HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE PARKER $285.00 $4.19 – $97.04

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