Cytopathology concentration technique smears & interpretation at HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's
2001 N High Street, Denver, CO · HCA HealthONE · · NPI 1720038946
$537.25
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.
$537.25
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.
$28.50 with Cigna vs $483.52 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.
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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| Cigna | SureFit | $28.50 | ↓ -95% |
| Cigna | Connect-NSBP | $31.41 | ↓ -94% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $33.84 | ↓ -94% |
| Rocky Mountain Health Plan | AllPayerAppendix | $33.84 | ↓ -94% |
| United | ColoradoDoctorsPlan | $33.84 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna | Broad | $39.26 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | Connect-SBP | $42.75 | ↓ -92% |
| Pinnacol Workers Comp | WORKERSCOMP | $61.71 | ↓ -89% |
| Multiplan | WorkersComp | $64.31 | ↓ -88% |
| Multiplan | BeechStreetWorkersComp | $64.31 | ↓ -88% |
| Vail Health | COMM | $81.66 | ↓ -85% |
| Anthem | PathwayEssentials | $82.23 | ↓ -85% |
| Anthem | PathwayNSBP | $104.90 | ↓ -80% |
| Kaiser | KPIF | $107.45 | ↓ -80% |
| Kaiser | KPSelect | $107.45 | ↓ -80% |
| Kaiser | CommercialSmallGroupPlans | $107.45 | ↓ -80% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $111.21 | ↓ -79% |
| Kaiser | HMO | $126.79 | ↓ -76% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $139.69 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna Transplant | COMM | $155.80 | ↓ -71% |
| Anthem | HMO | $160.74 | ↓ -70% |
| Anthem | PPO | $160.74 | ↓ -70% |
| Bright Health | OON | $161.18 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | MCRADVHMO | $161.18 | ↓ -70% |
| United | GlobalBenefit | $241.76 | ↓ -55% |
| Kaiser National Transplant | COMM | $257.88 | ↓ -52% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $257.88 | ↓ -52% |
| Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs | HCP | $274.00 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | Cofinity | $283.67 | ↓ -47% |
| Cigna | BroadLeanBenefitPlans | $343.84 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans | $343.84 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans | $343.84 | ↓ -36% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | COMM | $343.84 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | SureFitLeanBenefitPlans | $343.84 | ↓ -36% |
| Western Plains Community Health | COMM | $349.21 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK | $376.07 | ↓ -30% |
| NorthCare | COMM | $376.07 | ↓ -30% |
| Physician Health Partners | MCR | $376.07 | ↓ -30% |
| Anthem | PAR | $397.56 | ↓ -26% |
| Medical Development International | COMM | $429.80 | ↓ -20% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK | $456.66 | ↓ -15% |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $483.52 | ↓ -10% |
| Multiplan | BeechStreetCOMMPPO | $483.52 | ↓ -10% |
| Aetna | ExistingBusiness | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | ASA | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | NBR | not published by hospital | — |
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Cytopathology concentration technique smears & interpretation at other Colorado hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| AdventHealth Porter | Denver | $332.69 | $38.61 – $72.89 |
| HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION | Denver | $283.38 | $33.84 – $64.31 |
| Banner Fort Collins Medical Center | Fort Collins | $133.01 | $38.27 – $258.40 |
| Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus | Loveland | $124.85 | $38.31 – $258.40 |
| Sterling Regional Medical Center | Sterling | $35.39 | $22.04 – $76.63 |
| East Morgan County Hospital | Brush | $51.51 | $33.29 – $76.63 |
| HCA HealthONE AURORA | Aurora | $1,206.03 | $23.85 – $82.23 |
| HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE | Lone Tree | $1,032.38 | $25.59 – $82.23 |