Upper GI Barium X-ray (barium and gas) 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 Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 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.

$222.75 with Vail Health vs $1,318.90 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 $222.75 —
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $282.72 —
Multiplan BeechStreetWorkersComp $294.62 —
Multiplan WorkersComp $294.62 —
United OptionsPPO $303.35 —
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $303.54 —
Anthem PathwayEssentialsStandard $366.36 —
Cigna SureFit $394.21 —
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74 —
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $401.74 —
Cigna Connect-SBP $411.79 —
Cigna Connect-NSBP $426.45 —
Aetna MCRADVPPO $439.63 —
Aetna MCRADVHMO $439.63 —
WPPA UnifiedHealthPlan $439.63 —
Anthem PathwaySBP $468.94 —
Anthem PPO $482.13 —
Anthem HMO $482.13 —
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $487.99 —
Kaiser KPIF $487.99 —
Kaiser KPSelect $487.99 —
Aetna NBR $575.92 —
Kaiser Commercial $606.70 —
Cigna Broad $647.73 —
United GlobalBenefit $659.45 —
Aetna Cofinity $690.23 —
Aetna ExistingBusiness $701.95 —
Kaiser HMO $792.81 —
Kaiser PPO $873.41 —
WPPA OutofServiceArea $879.27 —
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $937.89 —
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $937.89 —
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $937.89 —
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $937.89 —
Western Plains Community Health COMM $952.54 —
Anthem PAR $996.51 —
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $1,025.82 —
TriWest Health Alliance FED $1,172.36 —
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $1,245.63 —
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $1,318.90 —
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $1,318.90 —

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Upper GI Barium X-ray (barium and gas) at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
AdventHealth Porter Denver $2,105.18 $173.95 – $342.30
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver $2,161.75 $100.96 – $536.07
CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE DENVER not published $103.93 – $401.74
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $215.69 $106.00 – $429.38
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $145.73 $106.40 – $429.91
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $397.80 $178.91 – $857.48
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $586.98 $39.19 – $90.21
HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE Lone Tree $5,888.30 $104.35 – $452.48

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