Contrast baths charges 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

$261.75

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.

$261.75

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.

$12.30 with OptumHealth Care Solutions vs $235.57 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
OptumHealth Care Solutions MCD $12.30 ↓ -95%
Humana MCR $14.33 ↓ -95%
United MCR $14.40 ↓ -94%
Kaiser National Transplant MGMCR $14.47 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCRADVPPO $14.47 ↓ -94%
Humana National Transplant Network PFFS $14.47 ↓ -94%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRPPO $14.47 ↓ -94%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $14.47 ↓ -94%
Devoted Health MCRAdvantage $14.47 ↓ -94%
Bright Health PFFS $14.47 ↓ -94%
TriWest Health Alliance FED $14.47 ↓ -94%
Total LongTerm Care MCR $14.47 ↓ -94%
Rocky Mountain Health MGMCR $14.47 ↓ -94%
Anthem BCBS MCR $14.47 ↓ -94%
Bright Health DualEligible $14.47 ↓ -94%
Bright Health MCRHMO $14.47 ↓ -94%
Bright Health MCRPOS $14.47 ↓ -94%
Bright Health MCRSNP $14.47 ↓ -94%
Bright Health MCRPPO $14.47 ↓ -94%
Mutual of Omaha MCR $14.47 ↓ -94%
Cigna HealthSpring Medicare $14.47 ↓ -94%
Kaiser MGMCR $14.76 ↓ -94%
InnovAge Pace MCR $14.76 ↓ -94%
WellCare MCR $14.90 ↓ -94%
Delaware Life Insurance MGMCR $15.19 ↓ -94%
Vail Health COMM $39.79 ↓ -85%
Kaiser KPIF $52.35 ↓ -80%
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $52.35 ↓ -80%
Kaiser KPSelect $52.35 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $54.18 ↓ -79%
Kaiser HMO $61.77 ↓ -76%
Kaiser PPO $68.06 ↓ -74%
Cigna Transplant COMM $75.91 ↓ -71%
Bright Health OON $78.53 ↓ -70%
United GlobalBenefit $117.79 ↓ -55%
Kaiser National Transplant COMM $125.64 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $125.64 ↓ -52%
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $133.49 ↓ -49%
Aetna Cofinity $138.20 ↓ -47%
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $167.52 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $167.52 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $167.52 ↓ -36%
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $167.52 ↓ -36%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $167.52 ↓ -36%
Western Plains Community Health COMM $170.14 ↓ -35%
NorthCare COMM $183.22 ↓ -30%
Physician Health Partners MCR $183.22 ↓ -30%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $183.22 ↓ -30%
Anthem PAR $193.69 ↓ -26%
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $196.31 ↓ -25%
Medical Development International COMM $209.40 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $222.49 ↓ -15%
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $235.57 ↓ -10%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $235.57 ↓ -10%

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Contrast baths charges at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
AdventHealth Porter Denver $48.83 $14.18 – $26.77
CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE DENVER not published $14.33 – $15.19
HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION Denver not published $14.33 – $15.19
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $43.79 $23.64 – $298.00
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $41.85 $17.02 – $59.17
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $42.39 $25.71 – $59.17
HCA HealthONE AURORA Aurora $304.35 $14.33 – $15.19
HCA HealthONE BELMAR ER, A PART OF SWEDISH LAKEWOOD $563.40 $14.33 – $15.19

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