Chg radiologic exam esophagus double contrast 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

$511.59

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.

$511.59

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.

$77.76 with Vail Health vs $460.43 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
Vail Health COMM $77.76 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $105.90 ↓ -79%
Anthem PathwayEssentials $107.89 ↓ -79%
Cigna SureFit $137.62 ↓ -73%
Anthem PathwayNSBP $139.41 ↓ -73%
Cigna Connect-SBP $143.76 ↓ -72%
Cigna Connect-NSBP $148.87 ↓ -71%
Aetna MCRADVPPO $153.48 ↓ -70%
Aetna MCRADVHMO $153.48 ↓ -70%
Anthem HMO $168.31 ↓ -67%
Anthem PPO $168.31 ↓ -67%
Kaiser KPSelect $170.36 ↓ -67%
Kaiser KPIF $170.36 ↓ -67%
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $170.36 ↓ -67%
Kaiser Commercial $211.80 ↓ -59%
Aetna NBR $212.82 ↓ -58%
Cigna Broad $226.12 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefit $230.22 ↓ -55%
Aetna Cofinity $254.77 ↓ -50%
Aetna ExistingBusiness $259.38 ↓ -49%
Kaiser HMO $276.77 ↓ -46%
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $282.72 ↓ -45%
Multiplan BeechStreetWorkersComp $294.62 ↓ -42%
Multiplan WorkersComp $294.62 ↓ -42%
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $303.54 ↓ -41%
Kaiser PPO $304.91 ↓ -40%
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $327.42 ↓ -36%
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $327.42 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $327.42 ↓ -36%
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $327.42 ↓ -36%
Western Plains Community Health COMM $332.53 ↓ -35%
Anthem PAR $347.88 ↓ -32%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $358.11 ↓ -30%
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74 ↓ -21%
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $401.74 ↓ -21%
TriWest Health Alliance FED $409.27 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $434.85 ↓ -15%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $460.43 ↓ -10%
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $460.43 ↓ -10%

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Chg radiologic exam esophagus double contrast at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
AdventHealth Porter Denver $2,057.25 $138.27 – $342.30
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver $659.75 $79.12 – $536.07
CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE DENVER not published $79.12 – $401.74
HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE Lone Tree $4,430.80 $79.12 – $452.48
HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE PARKER $4,430.80 $79.12 – $836.62
HCA HealthONE BELMAR ER, A PART OF SWEDISH LAKEWOOD $940.81 $79.12 – $461.57
HCA HealthONE MOUNTAIN RIDGE Thornton $3,667.91 $79.12 – $401.74
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $2,057.25 $138.27 – $342.30

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