Cytopathology fluids/washings/brushings smears with interpretation 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

$797.00

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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.

$797.00

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.

$27.41 with Cigna vs $717.30 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 $27.41 ↓ -97%
Cigna Connect-NSBP $30.21 ↓ -96%
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $33.84 ↓ -96%
United AllPayerAppendix $33.84 ↓ -96%
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $33.84 ↓ -96%
Cigna Broad $37.76 ↓ -95%
Cigna Connect-SBP $41.12 ↓ -95%
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $61.71 ↓ -92%
Multiplan BeechStreetWorkersComp $64.31 ↓ -92%
Multiplan WorkersComp $64.31 ↓ -92%
Anthem PathwayEssentials $82.23 ↓ -90%
Anthem PathwayNSBP $104.90 ↓ -87%
Vail Health COMM $121.14 ↓ -85%
Kaiser KPIF $159.40 ↓ -80%
Kaiser KPSelect $159.40 ↓ -80%
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $159.40 ↓ -80%
Anthem HMO $160.74 ↓ -80%
Anthem PPO $160.74 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $164.98 ↓ -79%
Kaiser HMO $188.09 ↓ -76%
Kaiser PPO $207.22 ↓ -74%
Cigna Transplant COMM $231.13 ↓ -71%
Bright Health OON $239.10 ↓ -70%
Aetna MCRADVHMO $239.10 ↓ -70%
United GlobalBenefit $358.65 ↓ -55%
Kaiser National Transplant COMM $382.56 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $382.56 ↓ -52%
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $406.47 ↓ -49%
Aetna Cofinity $420.82 ↓ -47%
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $510.08 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $510.08 ↓ -36%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $510.08 ↓ -36%
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $510.08 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $510.08 ↓ -36%
Western Plains Community Health COMM $518.05 ↓ -35%
Physician Health Partners MCR $557.90 ↓ -30%
NorthCare COMM $557.90 ↓ -30%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $557.90 ↓ -30%
Anthem PAR $589.78 ↓ -26%
Medical Development International COMM $637.60 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $677.45 ↓ -15%
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $717.30 ↓ -10%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $717.30 ↓ -10%
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ASA not published by hospital

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AdventHealth Porter Denver $592.53 $38.61 – $72.89
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