Chest X-ray at HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's
2001 N High Street, Denver, CO · HCA HealthONE · · NPI 1720038946
$1,018.00
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.
$1,018.00
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.
$24.79 with Anthem vs $916.20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anthem | PathwayEssentials | $24.79 | ↓ -98% |
| Anthem | PathwayNSBP | $31.62 | ↓ -97% |
| Anthem | HMO | $50.59 | ↓ -95% |
| Anthem | PPO | $50.59 | ↓ -95% |
| United | ColoradoDoctorsPlan | $137.53 | ↓ -86% |
| Pinnacol Workers Comp | WORKERSCOMP | $139.83 | ↓ -86% |
| Multiplan | BeechStreetWorkersComp | $145.72 | ↓ -86% |
| Multiplan | WorkersComp | $145.72 | ↓ -86% |
| Vail Health | COMM | $154.74 | ↓ -85% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $182.03 | ↓ -82% |
| Rocky Mountain Health Plan | AllPayerAppendix | $182.03 | ↓ -82% |
| Kaiser | KPSelect | $203.60 | ↓ -80% |
| Kaiser | KPIF | $203.60 | ↓ -80% |
| Kaiser | CommercialSmallGroupPlans | $203.60 | ↓ -80% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $210.73 | ↓ -79% |
| Kaiser | HMO | $240.25 | ↓ -76% |
| Cigna | SureFit | $258.24 | ↓ -75% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $264.68 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | Connect-NSBP | $279.25 | ↓ -73% |
| Cigna Transplant | COMM | $295.22 | ↓ -71% |
| Bright Health | OON | $305.40 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | MCRADVHMO | $305.40 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna | Broad | $350.16 | ↓ -66% |
| Cigna | Connect-SBP | $363.29 | ↓ -64% |
| United | GlobalBenefit | $458.10 | ↓ -55% |
| Kaiser National Transplant | COMM | $488.64 | ↓ -52% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $488.64 | ↓ -52% |
| Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs | HCP | $519.18 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | Cofinity | $537.50 | ↓ -47% |
| Cigna | BroadLeanBenefitPlans | $651.52 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans | $651.52 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans | $651.52 | ↓ -36% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | COMM | $651.52 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | SureFitLeanBenefitPlans | $651.52 | ↓ -36% |
| Western Plains Community Health | COMM | $661.70 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK | $712.60 | ↓ -30% |
| NorthCare | COMM | $712.60 | ↓ -30% |
| Physician Health Partners | MCR | $712.60 | ↓ -30% |
| Anthem | PAR | $753.32 | ↓ -26% |
| Medical Development International | COMM | $814.40 | ↓ -20% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK | $865.30 | ↓ -15% |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $916.20 | ↓ -10% |
| Multiplan | BeechStreetCOMMPPO | $916.20 | ↓ -10% |
| Aetna | ExistingBusiness | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | ASA | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | NBR | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Chest X-ray at other Colorado hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| AdventHealth Porter | Denver | $1,006.41 | $42.93 – $169.83 |
| HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION | Denver | $600.60 | $137.53 – $182.03 |
| CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE | DENVER | not published | $24.79 – $182.03 |
| Banner Fort Collins Medical Center | Fort Collins | $107.34 | $78.31 – $212.38 |
| Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus | Loveland | $76.40 | $49.09 – $212.64 |
| Sterling Regional Medical Center | Sterling | $227.77 | $88.49 – $448.14 |
| East Morgan County Hospital | Brush | $268.42 | $9.69 – $22.31 |
| AdventHealth Littleton | Littleton | $1,006.41 | $42.93 – $169.83 |