Consultation/report referred slides prepared elsewhere 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

$300.50

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.

$300.50

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.

$33.84 with United vs $270.45 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
United AllPayerAppendix $33.84 ↓ -89%
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $33.84 ↓ -89%
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $33.84 ↓ -89%
Vail Health COMM $45.68 ↓ -85%
Cigna SureFit $52.89 ↓ -82%
Cigna Connect-NSBP $58.29 ↓ -81%
Kaiser KPSelect $60.10 ↓ -80%
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $60.10 ↓ -80%
Kaiser KPIF $60.10 ↓ -80%
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $61.71 ↓ -79%
United OptionsPPO $62.20 ↓ -79%
Multiplan BeechStreetWorkersComp $64.31 ↓ -79%
Multiplan WorkersComp $64.31 ↓ -79%
Kaiser HMO $70.92 ↓ -76%
Cigna Broad $72.86 ↓ -76%
Kaiser PPO $78.13 ↓ -74%
Cigna Connect-SBP $79.34 ↓ -74%
Anthem PathwayEssentials $82.23 ↓ -73%
Cigna Transplant COMM $87.14 ↓ -71%
Aetna MCRADVHMO $90.15 ↓ -70%
Bright Health OON $90.15 ↓ -70%
Anthem PathwayNSBP $104.90 ↓ -65%
United GlobalBenefit $135.22 ↓ -55%
Kaiser National Transplant COMM $144.24 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $144.24 ↓ -52%
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $153.25 ↓ -49%
Aetna Cofinity $158.66 ↓ -47%
Anthem PPO $160.74 ↓ -47%
Anthem HMO $160.74 ↓ -47%
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $192.32 ↓ -36%
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $192.32 ↓ -36%
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $192.32 ↓ -36%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $192.32 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $192.32 ↓ -36%
Western Plains Community Health COMM $195.32 ↓ -35%
NorthCare COMM $210.35 ↓ -30%
Physician Health Partners MCR $210.35 ↓ -30%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $210.35 ↓ -30%
Anthem PAR $222.37 ↓ -26%
Medical Development International COMM $240.40 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $255.43 ↓ -15%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $270.45 ↓ -10%
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $270.45 ↓ -10%
Aetna ASA not published by hospital
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital

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Consultation/report referred slides prepared elsewhere at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
AdventHealth Porter Denver $332.69 $38.61 – $72.89
CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE DENVER $311.00 $33.84 – $82.23
HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION Denver not published $33.84 – $64.31
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $220.64 $38.27 – $431.30
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $191.59 $38.31 – $431.30
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $38.95 $22.04 – $76.63
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $48.66 $33.29 – $76.63
HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE Lone Tree $281.56 $33.84 – $82.23

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