Mucin synovial fluid 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

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Cash price

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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

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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.

$3.73 with Cigna vs $27.84 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.

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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 $3.73
Cigna Connect-NSBP $4.11
OptumHealth Care Solutions MCD $4.98
Cigna Broad $5.14
Cigna Connect-SBP $5.60
Humana MCR $5.80
United MCR $5.83
Bright Health DualEligible $5.86
Bright Health PFFS $5.86
Cigna HealthSpring Medicare $5.86
Mutual of Omaha MCR $5.86
Rocky Mountain Health MGMCR $5.86
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $5.86
Total LongTerm Care MCR $5.86
TriWest Health Alliance FED $5.86
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $5.86
Humana National Transplant Network MCRPPO $5.86
Humana National Transplant Network PFFS $5.86
Kaiser National Transplant MGMCR $5.86
Aetna MCRADVPPO $5.86
United AllPayerAppendix $5.86
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $5.86
Anthem BCBS MCR $5.86
Devoted Health MCRAdvantage $5.86
Bright Health MCRHMO $5.86
Bright Health MCRPOS $5.86
Bright Health MCRPPO $5.86
Bright Health MCRSNP $5.86
InnovAge Pace MCR $5.98
Kaiser MGMCR $5.98
WellCare MCR $6.04
Delaware Life Insurance MGMCR $6.15
Anthem PathwayEssentials $14.24
Anthem PathwayNSBP $18.17
Anthem PPO $27.84
Anthem HMO $27.84
Aetna ASA not published by hospital
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital

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Mucin synovial fluid at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
AdventHealth Porter Denver not published $5.74 – $10.84
HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION Denver not published $5.80 – $6.15
HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE Lone Tree $305.97 $3.35 – $14.24
HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE PARKER $305.97 $3.35 – $14.24
HCA HealthONE BELMAR ER, A PART OF SWEDISH LAKEWOOD not published $3.43 – $14.24
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton not published $5.74 – $10.84
AdventHealth Avista Louisville not published $5.74 – $10.84
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock not published $5.74 – $10.84

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