Red blood cells each unit at HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's
2001 N High Street, Denver, CO · HCA HealthONE · · NPI 1720038946
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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.
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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.
$106.36 with Vail Health vs $629.77 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vail Health | COMM | $106.36 | — |
| Kaiser | KPIF | $139.95 | — |
| Kaiser | CommercialSmallGroupPlans | $139.95 | — |
| Kaiser | KPSelect | $139.95 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $144.85 | — |
| Kaiser | HMO | $165.14 | — |
| Cigna | SureFit | $177.74 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-NSBP | $181.24 | — |
| Kaiser | PPO | $181.94 | — |
| Cigna Transplant | COMM | $202.93 | — |
| Bright Health | OON | $209.93 | — |
| Aetna | MCRADVHMO | $209.93 | — |
| Pinnacol Workers Comp | WORKERSCOMP | $220.47 | — |
| Aetna | NBR | $228.12 | — |
| Multiplan | WorkersComp | $229.75 | — |
| Multiplan | BeechStreetWorkersComp | $229.75 | — |
| Cigna | Broad | $248.41 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-SBP | $272.20 | — |
| Aetna | ExistingBusiness | $277.80 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefit | $314.89 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | $333.78 | — |
| Kaiser National Transplant | COMM | $335.88 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $335.88 | — |
| Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs | HCP | $356.87 | — |
| Aetna | Cofinity | $369.47 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans | $447.84 | — |
| Cigna | BroadLeanBenefitPlans | $447.84 | — |
| Cigna | SureFitLeanBenefitPlans | $447.84 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans | $447.84 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | COMM | $447.84 | — |
| Western Plains Community Health | COMM | $454.84 | — |
| NorthCare | COMM | $489.82 | — |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK | $489.82 | — |
| Physician Health Partners | MCR | $489.82 | — |
| Anthem | PAR | $517.82 | — |
| Medical Development International | COMM | $559.80 | — |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK | $594.79 | — |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $629.77 | — |
| Multiplan | BeechStreetCOMMPPO | $629.77 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Red blood cells each unit at other Colorado hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| AdventHealth Porter | Denver | $560.74 | not published |
| CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE | DENVER | not published | $220.47 – $229.75 |
| HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION | Denver | not published | $220.47 – $229.75 |
| AdventHealth Littleton | Littleton | $560.74 | not published |
| AdventHealth Avista | Louisville | $560.74 | not published |
| AdventHealth Castle Rock | Castle Rock | $560.74 | not published |
| AdventHealth Parker | Parker | $560.74 | not published |
| HCA HealthONE AURORA | Aurora | not published | $220.47 – $229.75 |