Consultation pathology during surgery frozen section first tissue block 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

$1,905.50

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$1,905.50

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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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$26.55 with Cigna vs $1,714.95 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

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 $26.55 ↓ -99%
Cigna Connect-NSBP $29.26 ↓ -98%
Cigna Broad $36.57 ↓ -98%
Cigna Connect-SBP $39.82 ↓ -98%
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $149.16 ↓ -92%
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $149.16 ↓ -92%
United AllPayerAppendix $149.16 ↓ -92%
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $262.83 ↓ -86%
Multiplan BeechStreetWorkersComp $273.89 ↓ -86%
Multiplan WorkersComp $273.89 ↓ -86%
Vail Health COMM $289.64 ↓ -85%
Anthem PathwayEssentials $362.46 ↓ -81%
Kaiser KPIF $381.10 ↓ -80%
Kaiser KPSelect $381.10 ↓ -80%
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $381.10 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $394.44 ↓ -79%
Kaiser HMO $449.70 ↓ -76%
Anthem PathwayNSBP $462.40 ↓ -76%
Kaiser PPO $495.43 ↓ -74%
Cigna Transplant COMM $552.60 ↓ -71%
Bright Health OON $571.65 ↓ -70%
Aetna MCRADVHMO $571.65 ↓ -70%
Anthem HMO $708.51 ↓ -63%
Anthem PPO $708.51 ↓ -63%
United GlobalBenefit $857.48 ↓ -55%
Kaiser National Transplant COMM $914.64 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $914.64 ↓ -52%
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $971.80 ↓ -49%
Aetna Cofinity $1,006.10 ↓ -47%
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $1,219.52 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $1,219.52 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $1,219.52 ↓ -36%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $1,219.52 ↓ -36%
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $1,219.52 ↓ -36%
Western Plains Community Health COMM $1,238.58 ↓ -35%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $1,333.85 ↓ -30%
NorthCare COMM $1,333.85 ↓ -30%
Physician Health Partners MCR $1,333.85 ↓ -30%
Anthem PAR $1,410.07 ↓ -26%
Medical Development International COMM $1,524.40 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $1,619.67 ↓ -15%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $1,714.95 ↓ -10%
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $1,714.95 ↓ -10%
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital
Aetna ASA not published by hospital
Aetna NBR not published by hospital

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