Crystal identification light microscopy 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

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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.

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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.

$4.66 with Cigna vs $220.05 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 $4.66
Cigna Connect-NSBP $5.14
OptumHealth Care Solutions MCD $6.23
Cigna Broad $6.43
Cigna Connect-SBP $7.00
Humana MCR $7.26
United MCR $7.29
Bright Health PFFS $7.33
Kaiser National Transplant MGMCR $7.33
Humana National Transplant Network PFFS $7.33
Humana National Transplant Network MCRPPO $7.33
Aetna MCRADVPPO $7.33
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $7.33
Mutual of Omaha MCR $7.33
Devoted Health MCRAdvantage $7.33
Anthem BCBS MCR $7.33
Bright Health DualEligible $7.33
Bright Health MCRHMO $7.33
Bright Health MCRPOS $7.33
Bright Health MCRPPO $7.33
Bright Health MCRSNP $7.33
Cigna HealthSpring Medicare $7.33
TriWest Health Alliance FED $7.33
United AllPayerAppendix $7.33
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $7.33
Total LongTerm Care MCR $7.33
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $7.33
Rocky Mountain Health MGMCR $7.33
InnovAge Pace MCR $7.48
Kaiser MGMCR $7.48
WellCare MCR $7.55
Delaware Life Insurance MGMCR $7.70
Anthem PathwayEssentials $17.81
Anthem PathwayNSBP $22.72
Anthem HMO $34.82
Anthem PPO $34.82
Vail Health COMM $37.16
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $48.90
Kaiser KPIF $48.90
Kaiser KPSelect $48.90
United OptionsPPO $50.61
Kaiser HMO $57.70
Kaiser PPO $63.57
Cigna Transplant COMM $70.91
Bright Health OON $73.35
United GlobalBenefit $110.03
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $117.36
Kaiser National Transplant COMM $117.36
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $124.69
Aetna Cofinity $129.10
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $156.48
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $156.48
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $156.48
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $156.48
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $156.48
Western Plains Community Health COMM $158.93
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $171.15
NorthCare COMM $171.15
Physician Health Partners MCR $171.15
Anthem PAR $180.93
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $183.38
Medical Development International COMM $195.60
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $207.82
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $220.05
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $220.05
Aetna ASA not published by hospital
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital

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Crystal identification light microscopy at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
AdventHealth Porter Denver $291.78 $7.18 – $13.56
HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION Denver $187.92 $7.26 – $7.70
CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE DENVER not published $3.33 – $17.81
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $8.49 $7.11 – $20.90
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $9.31 $5.65 – $20.90
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $11.62 $6.14 – $21.34
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $19.38 $9.27 – $21.34
HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE PARKER $285.00 $4.19 – $97.04

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