Abdominal CT scan (without contrast) at HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's
2001 N High Street, Denver, CO · HCA HealthONE · · NPI 1720038946
$4,686.25
Cash price 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.
$4,686.25
Gross charge 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.
$135.13 with Anthem vs $4,217.63 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Anthem | PathwayEssentials | $135.13 | ↓ -97% |
| Pinnacol Workers Comp | WORKERSCOMP | $169.18 | ↓ -96% |
| Anthem | PathwayNSBP | $172.39 | ↓ -96% |
| Multiplan | BeechStreetWorkersComp | $176.30 | ↓ -96% |
| Multiplan | WorkersComp | $176.30 | ↓ -96% |
| United | ColoradoDoctorsPlan | $185.25 | ↓ -96% |
| Rocky Mountain Health Plan | AllPayerAppendix | $245.18 | ↓ -95% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $245.18 | ↓ -95% |
| Anthem | HMO | $275.83 | ↓ -94% |
| Anthem | PPO | $275.83 | ↓ -94% |
| Vail Health | COMM | $712.31 | ↓ -85% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $970.05 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | NBR | $1,164.00 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna Transplant | COMM | $1,359.01 | ↓ -71% |
| Bright Health | OON | $1,405.88 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | MCRADVHMO | $1,405.88 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | ExistingBusiness | $1,419.00 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | ASA | $1,763.00 | ↓ -62% |
| United | GlobalBenefit | $2,108.81 | ↓ -55% |
| Kaiser National Transplant | COMM | $2,249.40 | ↓ -52% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $2,249.40 | ↓ -52% |
| Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs | HCP | $2,389.99 | ↓ -49% |
| Cigna | BroadLeanBenefitPlans | $2,999.20 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans | $2,999.20 | ↓ -36% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | COMM | $2,999.20 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans | $2,999.20 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | SureFitLeanBenefitPlans | $2,999.20 | ↓ -36% |
| Western Plains Community Health | COMM | $3,046.06 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK | $3,280.38 | ↓ -30% |
| NorthCare | COMM | $3,280.38 | ↓ -30% |
| Physician Health Partners | MCR | $3,280.38 | ↓ -30% |
| Anthem | PAR | $3,467.82 | ↓ -26% |
| Medical Development International | COMM | $3,749.00 | ↓ -20% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK | $3,983.31 | ↓ -15% |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $4,217.63 | ↓ -10% |
| Multiplan | BeechStreetCOMMPPO | $4,217.63 | ↓ -10% |
| Aetna | Cofinity | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Abdominal CT scan (without contrast) at other Colorado hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| AdventHealth Porter | Denver | $5,339.31 | $108.08 – $204.02 |
| CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE | DENVER | not published | $135.13 – $245.18 |
| HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION | Denver | not published | $169.18 – $245.18 |
| Banner Fort Collins Medical Center | Fort Collins | $290.19 | $103.66 – $708.70 |
| Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus | Loveland | $249.16 | $88.40 – $708.70 |
| Sterling Regional Medical Center | Sterling | $368.01 | $106.87 – $1,322.11 |
| East Morgan County Hospital | Brush | $812.35 | $51.41 – $118.34 |
| AdventHealth Littleton | Littleton | $5,339.31 | $108.08 – $204.02 |