Sedimentation rate erythrocyte automated 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

$1,062.75

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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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$1,062.75

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.

$1.72 with Cigna vs $956.48 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 $1.72 ↓ -100%
Cigna Connect-NSBP $1.90 ↓ -100%
OptumHealth Care Solutions MCD $2.29 ↓ -100%
Cigna Broad $2.38 ↓ -100%
Cigna Connect-SBP $2.59 ↓ -100%
Humana MCR $2.67 ↓ -100%
United MCR $2.69 ↓ -100%
Bright Health PFFS $2.70 ↓ -100%
Kaiser National Transplant MGMCR $2.70 ↓ -100%
Humana National Transplant Network PFFS $2.70 ↓ -100%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRPPO $2.70 ↓ -100%
Aetna MCRADVPPO $2.70 ↓ -100%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $2.70 ↓ -100%
Mutual of Omaha MCR $2.70 ↓ -100%
Devoted Health MCRAdvantage $2.70 ↓ -100%
Anthem BCBS MCR $2.70 ↓ -100%
Bright Health DualEligible $2.70 ↓ -100%
Bright Health MCRHMO $2.70 ↓ -100%
Bright Health MCRPOS $2.70 ↓ -100%
Bright Health MCRPPO $2.70 ↓ -100%
Bright Health MCRSNP $2.70 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring Medicare $2.70 ↓ -100%
TriWest Health Alliance FED $2.70 ↓ -100%
United AllPayerAppendix $2.70 ↓ -100%
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $2.70 ↓ -100%
Total LongTerm Care MCR $2.70 ↓ -100%
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $2.70 ↓ -100%
Rocky Mountain Health MGMCR $2.70 ↓ -100%
InnovAge Pace MCR $2.75 ↓ -100%
Kaiser MGMCR $2.75 ↓ -100%
WellCare MCR $2.78 ↓ -100%
Delaware Life Insurance MGMCR $2.84 ↓ -100%
Anthem PathwayEssentials $6.56 ↓ -99%
Anthem PathwayNSBP $8.37 ↓ -99%
Anthem HMO $12.83 ↓ -99%
Anthem PPO $12.83 ↓ -99%
Vail Health COMM $161.54 ↓ -85%
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $212.55 ↓ -80%
Kaiser KPIF $212.55 ↓ -80%
Kaiser KPSelect $212.55 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $219.99 ↓ -79%
Kaiser HMO $250.81 ↓ -76%
Kaiser PPO $276.31 ↓ -74%
Cigna Transplant COMM $308.20 ↓ -71%
Bright Health OON $318.82 ↓ -70%
United GlobalBenefit $478.24 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $510.12 ↓ -52%
Kaiser National Transplant COMM $510.12 ↓ -52%
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $542.00 ↓ -49%
Aetna Cofinity $561.13 ↓ -47%
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $680.16 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $680.16 ↓ -36%
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $680.16 ↓ -36%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $680.16 ↓ -36%
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $680.16 ↓ -36%
Western Plains Community Health COMM $690.79 ↓ -35%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $743.92 ↓ -30%
NorthCare COMM $743.92 ↓ -30%
Physician Health Partners MCR $743.92 ↓ -30%
Anthem PAR $786.43 ↓ -26%
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $797.06 ↓ -25%
Medical Development International COMM $850.20 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $903.34 ↓ -15%
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $956.48 ↓ -10%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $956.48 ↓ -10%
Aetna ASA not published by hospital
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital

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Sedimentation rate erythrocyte automated at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
AdventHealth Porter Denver $103.65 $2.65 – $5.00
CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE DENVER not published $1.23 – $6.56
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $2.54 $2.31 – $8.55
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $3.02 $2.51 – $8.73
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $5.61 $3.79 – $8.73
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $103.65 $2.65 – $5.00
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $103.65 $2.65 – $5.00
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $103.65 $2.65 – $5.00

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