Culture body fluid at HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's
2001 N High Street, Denver, CO · HCA HealthONE · · NPI 1720038946
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Cash price 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 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.
$3.31 with Vail Health vs $40.94 with Anthem — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Vail Health | COMM | $3.31 | — |
| Kaiser | KPIF | $4.35 | — |
| Kaiser | CommercialSmallGroupPlans | $4.35 | — |
| Kaiser | KPSelect | $4.35 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $4.50 | — |
| Kaiser | HMO | $5.13 | — |
| Cigna | SureFit | $5.49 | — |
| Kaiser | PPO | $5.66 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-NSBP | $6.05 | — |
| Cigna Transplant | COMM | $6.31 | — |
| Bright Health | OON | $6.53 | — |
| OptumHealth Care Solutions | MCD | $7.33 | — |
| Cigna | Broad | $7.56 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-SBP | $8.23 | — |
| Humana | MCR | $8.53 | — |
| United | MCR | $8.58 | — |
| Bright Health | MCRSNP | $8.62 | — |
| Aetna | MCRADVPPO | $8.62 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $8.62 | — |
| United | ColoradoDoctorsPlan | $8.62 | — |
| Anthem BCBS | MCR | $8.62 | — |
| Bright Health | DualEligible | $8.62 | — |
| Bright Health | MCRHMO | $8.62 | — |
| Bright Health | MCRPOS | $8.62 | — |
| Bright Health | MCRPPO | $8.62 | — |
| Devoted Health | MCRAdvantage | $8.62 | — |
| Bright Health | PFFS | $8.62 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | Medicare | $8.62 | — |
| Mutual of Omaha | MCR | $8.62 | — |
| Rocky Mountain Health | MGMCR | $8.62 | — |
| Rocky Mountain Health Plan | AllPayerAppendix | $8.62 | — |
| Total LongTerm Care | MCR | $8.62 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | FED | $8.62 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCRHMO | $8.62 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCRPPO | $8.62 | — |
| Humana National Transplant Network | PFFS | $8.62 | — |
| Kaiser National Transplant | MGMCR | $8.62 | — |
| Kaiser | MGMCR | $8.79 | — |
| InnovAge Pace | MCR | $8.79 | — |
| WellCare | MCR | $8.88 | — |
| Delaware Life Insurance | MGMCR | $9.05 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefit | $9.79 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $10.44 | — |
| Kaiser National Transplant | COMM | $10.44 | — |
| Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs | HCP | $11.09 | — |
| Aetna | Cofinity | $11.48 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans | $13.92 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans | $13.92 | — |
| Cigna | BroadLeanBenefitPlans | $13.92 | — |
| Cigna | SureFitLeanBenefitPlans | $13.92 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | COMM | $13.92 | — |
| Western Plains Community Health | COMM | $14.14 | — |
| Physician Health Partners | MCR | $15.22 | — |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK | $15.22 | — |
| NorthCare | COMM | $15.22 | — |
| Anthem | PAR | $16.09 | — |
| Pinnacol Workers Comp | WORKERSCOMP | $16.31 | — |
| Medical Development International | COMM | $17.40 | — |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK | $18.49 | — |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $19.57 | — |
| Multiplan | BeechStreetCOMMPPO | $19.57 | — |
| Anthem | PathwayEssentials | $20.95 | — |
| Anthem | PathwayNSBP | $26.72 | — |
| Anthem | PPO | $40.94 | — |
| Anthem | HMO | $40.94 | — |
| Aetna | NBR | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | ExistingBusiness | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | ASA | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Culture body fluid at other Colorado hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| AdventHealth Porter | Denver | $460.84 | $8.45 – $15.95 |
| CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE | DENVER | not published | $3.92 – $20.95 |
| HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION | Denver | not published | $8.53 – $9.05 |
| Banner Fort Collins Medical Center | Fort Collins | $20.30 | $8.36 – $24.70 |
| Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus | Loveland | $31.25 | $6.68 – $24.70 |
| Sterling Regional Medical Center | Sterling | $48.16 | $7.25 – $25.22 |
| East Morgan County Hospital | Brush | $74.82 | $10.96 – $25.22 |
| AdventHealth Littleton | Littleton | $460.84 | $8.45 – $15.95 |