Carotene at HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION

1719 East 19th Avenue, Denver, CO · HCA HealthONE · · NPI 1841244639

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

$551.85

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.

$551.85

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.

$9.13 with Humana vs $496.67 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
Humana MCR $9.13 ↓ -98%
United MCR $9.17 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MCRAdvantage $9.22 ↓ -98%
Bright Health PFFS $9.22 ↓ -98%
Bright Health MCRSNP $9.22 ↓ -98%
Bright Health MCRPPO $9.22 ↓ -98%
Bright Health MCRPOS $9.22 ↓ -98%
Bright Health MCRHMO $9.22 ↓ -98%
Bright Health DualEligible $9.22 ↓ -98%
Anthem BCBS MCR $9.22 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance FED $9.22 ↓ -98%
Total LongTerm Care MCR $9.22 ↓ -98%
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $9.22 ↓ -98%
Rocky Mountain Health MGMCR $9.22 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCRADVHMO $9.22 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCRADVPPO $9.22 ↓ -98%
Mutual of Omaha MCR $9.22 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring Medicare $9.22 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $9.22 ↓ -98%
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $9.22 ↓ -98%
InnovAge Pace MCR $9.40 ↓ -98%
Kaiser MGMCR $9.40 ↓ -98%
WellCare MCR $9.50 ↓ -98%
Delaware Life Insurance MGMCR $9.68 ↓ -98%
Vail Health COMM $83.88 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $114.23 ↓ -79%
Anthem PathwayEssentials $116.39 ↓ -79%
Cigna SureFit $148.45 ↓ -73%
Anthem PathwayNSBP $150.38 ↓ -73%
Cigna Connect-SBP $155.07 ↓ -72%
Cigna Connect-NSBP $160.59 ↓ -71%
Anthem PPO $181.56 ↓ -67%
Anthem HMO $181.56 ↓ -67%
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $183.77 ↓ -67%
Kaiser KPIF $183.77 ↓ -67%
Kaiser KPSelect $183.77 ↓ -67%
Kaiser Commercial $228.47 ↓ -59%
Aetna NBR $229.57 ↓ -58%
Cigna Broad $243.92 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefit $248.33 ↓ -55%
Aetna Cofinity $274.82 ↓ -50%
Aetna ExistingBusiness $279.79 ↓ -49%
Kaiser HMO $298.55 ↓ -46%
Kaiser PPO $328.90 ↓ -40%
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $353.18 ↓ -36%
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $353.18 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $353.18 ↓ -36%
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $353.18 ↓ -36%
Western Plains Community Health COMM $358.70 ↓ -35%
Anthem PAR $375.26 ↓ -32%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $386.30 ↓ -30%
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $413.89 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $469.07 ↓ -15%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $496.67 ↓ -10%
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $496.67 ↓ -10%

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Carotene at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
AdventHealth Porter Denver $142.84 $9.04 – $17.06
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $15.21 $8.94 – $63.65
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $15.41 $8.94 – $63.65
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $22.11 $9.22 – $64.99
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $41.27 $28.23 – $64.99
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $142.84 $9.04 – $17.06
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $142.84 $9.04 – $17.06
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $142.84 $9.04 – $17.06

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