Specimen fat stain 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

$146.15

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.

$146.15

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.

$5.82 with Humana vs $131.53 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 $5.82 ↓ -96%
United MCR $5.85 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health MCRAdvantage $5.88 ↓ -96%
Bright Health PFFS $5.88 ↓ -96%
Bright Health MCRSNP $5.88 ↓ -96%
Bright Health MCRPPO $5.88 ↓ -96%
Bright Health MCRPOS $5.88 ↓ -96%
Bright Health MCRHMO $5.88 ↓ -96%
Bright Health DualEligible $5.88 ↓ -96%
Anthem BCBS MCR $5.88 ↓ -96%
TriWest Health Alliance FED $5.88 ↓ -96%
Total LongTerm Care MCR $5.88 ↓ -96%
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $5.88 ↓ -96%
Rocky Mountain Health MGMCR $5.88 ↓ -96%
Aetna MCRADVHMO $5.88 ↓ -96%
Aetna MCRADVPPO $5.88 ↓ -96%
Mutual of Omaha MCR $5.88 ↓ -96%
Cigna HealthSpring Medicare $5.88 ↓ -96%
United AllPayerAppendix $5.88 ↓ -96%
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $5.88 ↓ -96%
InnovAge Pace MCR $6.00 ↓ -96%
Kaiser MGMCR $6.00 ↓ -96%
WellCare MCR $6.06 ↓ -96%
Delaware Life Insurance MGMCR $6.17 ↓ -96%
Vail Health COMM $22.21 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $30.25 ↓ -79%
Anthem PathwayEssentials $30.82 ↓ -79%
Cigna SureFit $39.31 ↓ -73%
Anthem PathwayNSBP $39.83 ↓ -73%
Cigna Connect-SBP $41.07 ↓ -72%
Cigna Connect-NSBP $42.53 ↓ -71%
Anthem PPO $48.08 ↓ -67%
Anthem HMO $48.08 ↓ -67%
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $48.67 ↓ -67%
Kaiser KPIF $48.67 ↓ -67%
Kaiser KPSelect $48.67 ↓ -67%
Kaiser Commercial $60.51 ↓ -59%
Aetna NBR $60.80 ↓ -58%
Cigna Broad $64.60 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefit $65.77 ↓ -55%
Aetna Cofinity $72.78 ↓ -50%
Aetna ExistingBusiness $74.10 ↓ -49%
Kaiser HMO $79.07 ↓ -46%
Kaiser PPO $87.11 ↓ -40%
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $93.54 ↓ -36%
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $93.54 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $93.54 ↓ -36%
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $93.54 ↓ -36%
Western Plains Community Health COMM $95.00 ↓ -35%
Anthem PAR $99.38 ↓ -32%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $102.31 ↓ -30%
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $109.61 ↓ -25%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $124.23 ↓ -15%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $131.53 ↓ -10%
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $131.53 ↓ -10%

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