Crystal identification light microscopy 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

$187.92

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.

$187.92

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.

$7.26 with Humana vs $169.13 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 $7.26 ↓ -96%
United MCR $7.29 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health MCRAdvantage $7.33 ↓ -96%
Bright Health PFFS $7.33 ↓ -96%
Bright Health MCRSNP $7.33 ↓ -96%
Bright Health MCRPPO $7.33 ↓ -96%
Bright Health MCRPOS $7.33 ↓ -96%
Bright Health MCRHMO $7.33 ↓ -96%
Bright Health DualEligible $7.33 ↓ -96%
Anthem BCBS MCR $7.33 ↓ -96%
TriWest Health Alliance FED $7.33 ↓ -96%
Total LongTerm Care MCR $7.33 ↓ -96%
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $7.33 ↓ -96%
Rocky Mountain Health MGMCR $7.33 ↓ -96%
Aetna MCRADVHMO $7.33 ↓ -96%
Aetna MCRADVPPO $7.33 ↓ -96%
Mutual of Omaha MCR $7.33 ↓ -96%
Cigna HealthSpring Medicare $7.33 ↓ -96%
United AllPayerAppendix $7.33 ↓ -96%
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $7.33 ↓ -96%
InnovAge Pace MCR $7.48 ↓ -96%
Kaiser MGMCR $7.48 ↓ -96%
WellCare MCR $7.55 ↓ -96%
Delaware Life Insurance MGMCR $7.70 ↓ -96%
Vail Health COMM $28.56 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $38.90 ↓ -79%
Anthem PathwayEssentials $39.63 ↓ -79%
Cigna SureFit $50.55 ↓ -73%
Anthem PathwayNSBP $51.21 ↓ -73%
Cigna Connect-SBP $52.81 ↓ -72%
Cigna Connect-NSBP $54.68 ↓ -71%
Anthem PPO $61.83 ↓ -67%
Anthem HMO $61.83 ↓ -67%
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $62.58 ↓ -67%
Kaiser KPIF $62.58 ↓ -67%
Kaiser KPSelect $62.58 ↓ -67%
Kaiser Commercial $77.80 ↓ -59%
Aetna NBR $78.17 ↓ -58%
Cigna Broad $83.06 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefit $84.56 ↓ -55%
Aetna Cofinity $93.58 ↓ -50%
Aetna ExistingBusiness $95.28 ↓ -49%
Kaiser HMO $101.66 ↓ -46%
Kaiser PPO $112.00 ↓ -40%
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $120.27 ↓ -36%
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $120.27 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $120.27 ↓ -36%
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $120.27 ↓ -36%
Western Plains Community Health COMM $122.15 ↓ -35%
Anthem PAR $127.79 ↓ -32%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $131.54 ↓ -30%
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $140.94 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $159.73 ↓ -15%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $169.13 ↓ -10%
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $169.13 ↓ -10%

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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
CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE DENVER not published $3.33 – $17.81
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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