Stenger test speech 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

$135.25

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.

$135.25

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.

$20.56 with Vail Health vs $859.48 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.

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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
Vail Health COMM $20.56 ↓ -85%
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $27.05 ↓ -80%
Kaiser KPIF $27.05 ↓ -80%
Kaiser KPSelect $27.05 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $28.00 ↓ -79%
Kaiser HMO $31.92 ↓ -76%
Cigna SureFit $34.35 ↓ -75%
Cigna Connect-NSBP $35.03 ↓ -74%
Kaiser PPO $35.16 ↓ -74%
Cigna Transplant COMM $39.22 ↓ -71%
Bright Health OON $40.58 ↓ -70%
Aetna MCRADVHMO $40.58 ↓ -70%
Aetna NBR $44.09 ↓ -67%
Cigna Broad $48.01 ↓ -65%
Cigna Connect-SBP $52.61 ↓ -61%
Aetna ExistingBusiness $53.69 ↓ -60%
United GlobalBenefit $60.86 ↓ -55%
Aetna ASA $64.51 ↓ -52%
Kaiser National Transplant COMM $64.92 ↓ -52%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $64.92 ↓ -52%
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $68.98 ↓ -49%
Aetna Cofinity $71.41 ↓ -47%
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $86.56 ↓ -36%
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $86.56 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $86.56 ↓ -36%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $86.56 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $86.56 ↓ -36%
Western Plains Community Health COMM $87.91 ↓ -35%
NorthCare COMM $94.67 ↓ -30%
Physician Health Partners MCR $94.67 ↓ -30%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $94.67 ↓ -30%
Anthem PAR $100.08 ↓ -26%
Medical Development International COMM $108.20 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $114.96 ↓ -15%
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $121.72 ↓ -10%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $121.72 ↓ -10%
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $824.75 ↑ +510%
Multiplan WorkersComp $859.48 ↑ +535%
Multiplan BeechStreetWorkersComp $859.48 ↑ +535%

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AdventHealth Porter Denver not published $42.31 – $728.23
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