Culture anaerobic except blood 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.

$6.04 with Cigna vs $1,194.08 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 $6.04
Cigna Connect-NSBP $6.65
OptumHealth Care Solutions MCD $8.05
Cigna Broad $8.32
Cigna Connect-SBP $9.06
Humana MCR $9.38
United MCR $9.42
Bright Health PFFS $9.47
Kaiser National Transplant MGMCR $9.47
Humana National Transplant Network PFFS $9.47
Humana National Transplant Network MCRPPO $9.47
Aetna MCRADVPPO $9.47
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $9.47
Mutual of Omaha MCR $9.47
Devoted Health MCRAdvantage $9.47
Anthem BCBS MCR $9.47
Bright Health DualEligible $9.47
Bright Health MCRHMO $9.47
Bright Health MCRPOS $9.47
Bright Health MCRPPO $9.47
Bright Health MCRSNP $9.47
Cigna HealthSpring Medicare $9.47
TriWest Health Alliance FED $9.47
United AllPayerAppendix $9.47
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $9.47
Total LongTerm Care MCR $9.47
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $9.47
Rocky Mountain Health MGMCR $9.47
InnovAge Pace MCR $9.66
Kaiser MGMCR $9.66
WellCare MCR $9.75
Delaware Life Insurance MGMCR $9.94
Anthem PathwayEssentials $23.01
Anthem PathwayNSBP $29.36
Anthem HMO $44.98
Anthem PPO $44.98
Vail Health COMM $201.67
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $265.35
Kaiser KPIF $265.35
Kaiser KPSelect $265.35
United OptionsPPO $274.64
Kaiser HMO $313.11
Kaiser PPO $344.95
Cigna Transplant COMM $384.76
Bright Health OON $398.02
United GlobalBenefit $597.04
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $636.84
Kaiser National Transplant COMM $636.84
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $676.64
Aetna Cofinity $700.52
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $849.12
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $849.12
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $849.12
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $849.12
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $849.12
Western Plains Community Health COMM $862.39
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $928.73
NorthCare COMM $928.73
Physician Health Partners MCR $928.73
Anthem PAR $981.79
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $995.06
Medical Development International COMM $1,061.40
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $1,127.74
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $1,194.08
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $1,194.08
Aetna ASA not published by hospital
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital

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Culture anaerobic except blood at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
AdventHealth Porter Denver $394.73 $9.28 – $17.52
HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION Denver $366.88 $9.38 – $9.94
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $8.09 $7.45 – $27.55
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $12.47 $8.09 – $28.13
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $19.37 $12.22 – $28.13
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $394.73 $9.28 – $17.52
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $394.73 $9.28 – $17.52
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $394.73 $9.28 – $17.52

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