Aluminum - quest at HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's

2001 N High Street, Denver, CO · HCA HealthONE · · NPI 1720038946

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$1,071.75

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.

$1,071.75

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.

$16.23 with Cigna vs $964.58 with Prime Health — 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
Cigna SureFit $16.23 ↓ -98%
Cigna Connect-NSBP $17.88 ↓ -98%
OptumHealth Care Solutions MCD $21.66 ↓ -98%
Cigna Broad $22.36 ↓ -98%
Cigna Connect-SBP $24.34 ↓ -98%
Humana MCR $25.23 ↓ -98%
United MCR $25.35 ↓ -98%
Bright Health PFFS $25.48 ↓ -98%
Kaiser National Transplant MGMCR $25.48 ↓ -98%
Humana National Transplant Network PFFS $25.48 ↓ -98%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRPPO $25.48 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCRADVPPO $25.48 ↓ -98%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $25.48 ↓ -98%
Mutual of Omaha MCR $25.48 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MCRAdvantage $25.48 ↓ -98%
Anthem BCBS MCR $25.48 ↓ -98%
Bright Health DualEligible $25.48 ↓ -98%
Bright Health MCRHMO $25.48 ↓ -98%
Bright Health MCRPOS $25.48 ↓ -98%
Bright Health MCRPPO $25.48 ↓ -98%
Bright Health MCRSNP $25.48 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring Medicare $25.48 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance FED $25.48 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $25.48 ↓ -98%
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $25.48 ↓ -98%
Total LongTerm Care MCR $25.48 ↓ -98%
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $25.48 ↓ -98%
Rocky Mountain Health MGMCR $25.48 ↓ -98%
InnovAge Pace MCR $25.99 ↓ -98%
Kaiser MGMCR $25.99 ↓ -98%
WellCare MCR $26.24 ↓ -98%
Delaware Life Insurance MGMCR $26.75 ↓ -98%
Anthem PathwayEssentials $61.92 ↓ -94%
Anthem PathwayNSBP $78.99 ↓ -93%
Anthem HMO $121.03 ↓ -89%
Anthem PPO $121.03 ↓ -89%
Vail Health COMM $162.91 ↓ -85%
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $214.35 ↓ -80%
Kaiser KPIF $214.35 ↓ -80%
Kaiser KPSelect $214.35 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $221.85 ↓ -79%
Kaiser HMO $252.93 ↓ -76%
Kaiser PPO $278.65 ↓ -74%
Cigna Transplant COMM $310.81 ↓ -71%
Bright Health OON $321.52 ↓ -70%
United GlobalBenefit $482.29 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $514.44 ↓ -52%
Kaiser National Transplant COMM $514.44 ↓ -52%
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $546.59 ↓ -49%
Aetna Cofinity $565.88 ↓ -47%
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $685.92 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $685.92 ↓ -36%
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $685.92 ↓ -36%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $685.92 ↓ -36%
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $685.92 ↓ -36%
Western Plains Community Health COMM $696.64 ↓ -35%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $750.23 ↓ -30%
NorthCare COMM $750.23 ↓ -30%
Physician Health Partners MCR $750.23 ↓ -30%
Anthem PAR $793.10 ↓ -26%
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $803.81 ↓ -25%
Medical Development International COMM $857.40 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $910.99 ↓ -15%
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $964.58 ↓ -10%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $964.58 ↓ -10%
Aetna ASA not published by hospital
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital

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