Fetal hemoglobin (kleihauer betke) 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

$2,449.75

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$2,449.75

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.

$4.92 with Cigna vs $2,204.78 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 $4.92 ↓ -100%
Cigna Connect-NSBP $5.42 ↓ -100%
OptumHealth Care Solutions MCD $6.57 ↓ -100%
Cigna Broad $6.78 ↓ -100%
Cigna Connect-SBP $7.38 ↓ -100%
Humana MCR $7.65 ↓ -100%
United MCR $7.69 ↓ -100%
Bright Health PFFS $7.73 ↓ -100%
Kaiser National Transplant MGMCR $7.73 ↓ -100%
Humana National Transplant Network PFFS $7.73 ↓ -100%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRPPO $7.73 ↓ -100%
Aetna MCRADVPPO $7.73 ↓ -100%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $7.73 ↓ -100%
Mutual of Omaha MCR $7.73 ↓ -100%
Devoted Health MCRAdvantage $7.73 ↓ -100%
Anthem BCBS MCR $7.73 ↓ -100%
Bright Health DualEligible $7.73 ↓ -100%
Bright Health MCRHMO $7.73 ↓ -100%
Bright Health MCRPOS $7.73 ↓ -100%
Bright Health MCRPPO $7.73 ↓ -100%
Bright Health MCRSNP $7.73 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring Medicare $7.73 ↓ -100%
TriWest Health Alliance FED $7.73 ↓ -100%
United AllPayerAppendix $7.73 ↓ -100%
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $7.73 ↓ -100%
Total LongTerm Care MCR $7.73 ↓ -100%
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $7.73 ↓ -100%
Rocky Mountain Health MGMCR $7.73 ↓ -100%
InnovAge Pace MCR $7.88 ↓ -100%
Kaiser MGMCR $7.88 ↓ -100%
WellCare MCR $7.96 ↓ -100%
Delaware Life Insurance MGMCR $8.12 ↓ -100%
Anthem PathwayEssentials $18.78 ↓ -99%
Anthem PathwayNSBP $23.96 ↓ -99%
Anthem HMO $36.72 ↓ -99%
Anthem PPO $36.72 ↓ -99%
Vail Health COMM $372.36 ↓ -85%
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $489.95 ↓ -80%
Kaiser KPIF $489.95 ↓ -80%
Kaiser KPSelect $489.95 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $507.10 ↓ -79%
Kaiser HMO $578.14 ↓ -76%
Kaiser PPO $636.93 ↓ -74%
Cigna Transplant COMM $710.43 ↓ -71%
Bright Health OON $734.92 ↓ -70%
United GlobalBenefit $1,102.39 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $1,175.88 ↓ -52%
Kaiser National Transplant COMM $1,175.88 ↓ -52%
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $1,249.37 ↓ -49%
Aetna Cofinity $1,293.47 ↓ -47%
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $1,567.84 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $1,567.84 ↓ -36%
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $1,567.84 ↓ -36%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $1,567.84 ↓ -36%
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $1,567.84 ↓ -36%
Western Plains Community Health COMM $1,592.34 ↓ -35%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $1,714.83 ↓ -30%
NorthCare COMM $1,714.83 ↓ -30%
Physician Health Partners MCR $1,714.83 ↓ -30%
Anthem PAR $1,812.82 ↓ -26%
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $1,837.31 ↓ -25%
Medical Development International COMM $1,959.80 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $2,082.29 ↓ -15%
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $2,204.78 ↓ -10%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $2,204.78 ↓ -10%
Aetna ASA not published by hospital
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital

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Fetal hemoglobin (kleihauer betke) at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
AdventHealth Porter Denver $512.40 $7.58 – $14.30
HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION Denver not published $7.65 – $8.12
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $6.02 $7.50 – $56.05
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $16.64 $7.50 – $56.05
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $19.76 $7.73 – $57.23
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $36.76 $24.86 – $57.23
HCA HealthONE BELMAR ER, A PART OF SWEDISH LAKEWOOD $657.14 $4.52 – $18.78
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $512.40 $7.58 – $14.30

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