Echo guide for transfusion at HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's
2001 N High Street, Denver, CO · HCA HealthONE · · NPI 1720038946
$1,790.75
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.
$1,790.75
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.
$158.90 with Anthem vs $1,611.67 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.
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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| Anthem | PathwayEssentials | $158.90 | ↓ -91% |
| Anthem | PathwayNSBP | $202.71 | ↓ -89% |
| Vail Health | COMM | $272.19 | ↓ -85% |
| Anthem | HMO | $324.33 | ↓ -82% |
| Anthem | PPO | $324.33 | ↓ -82% |
| Kaiser | CommercialSmallGroupPlans | $358.15 | ↓ -80% |
| Kaiser | KPSelect | $358.15 | ↓ -80% |
| Kaiser | KPIF | $358.15 | ↓ -80% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $370.69 | ↓ -79% |
| Kaiser | HMO | $422.62 | ↓ -76% |
| Cigna | SureFit | $454.85 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna | Connect-NSBP | $463.80 | ↓ -74% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $465.60 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna Transplant | COMM | $519.32 | ↓ -71% |
| Bright Health | OON | $537.23 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | MCRADVPPO | $537.23 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna | Broad | $635.72 | ↓ -64% |
| Cigna | Connect-SBP | $696.60 | ↓ -61% |
| United | GlobalBenefit | $805.84 | ↓ -55% |
| Kaiser National Transplant | COMM | $859.56 | ↓ -52% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $859.56 | ↓ -52% |
| Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs | HCP | $913.28 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | Cofinity | $945.52 | ↓ -47% |
| Cigna | BroadLeanBenefitPlans | $1,146.08 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans | $1,146.08 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | SureFitLeanBenefitPlans | $1,146.08 | ↓ -36% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | COMM | $1,146.08 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans | $1,146.08 | ↓ -36% |
| Western Plains Community Health | COMM | $1,163.99 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK | $1,253.53 | ↓ -30% |
| NorthCare | COMM | $1,253.53 | ↓ -30% |
| Physician Health Partners | MCR | $1,253.53 | ↓ -30% |
| Anthem | PAR | $1,325.15 | ↓ -26% |
| Pinnacol Workers Comp | WORKERSCOMP | $1,343.06 | ↓ -25% |
| Medical Development International | COMM | $1,432.60 | ↓ -20% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | FED | $1,432.60 | ↓ -20% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK | $1,522.14 | ↓ -15% |
| Multiplan | BeechStreetCOMMPPO | $1,611.67 | ↓ -10% |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $1,611.67 | ↓ -10% |
| Aetna | ASA | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | ExistingBusiness | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | NBR | not published by hospital | — |
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Echo guide for transfusion at other Colorado hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE | DENVER | $3,116.00 | $158.90 – $158.90 |
| AdventHealth Porter | Denver | not published | $112.35 – $112.35 |
| HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE | Lone Tree | $1,784.75 | $158.90 – $158.90 |
| HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE | PARKER | $1,784.75 | $158.90 – $911.19 |
| HCA HealthONE AURORA | Aurora | not published | $158.90 – $158.90 |
| HCA HealthONE BELMAR ER, A PART OF SWEDISH | LAKEWOOD | not published | $158.90 – $158.90 |
| HCA HealthONE MOUNTAIN RIDGE | Thornton | not published | $158.90 – $158.90 |
| AdventHealth Littleton | Littleton | not published | $112.35 – $112.35 |