Tilt table study at HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's
2001 N High Street, Denver, CO · HCA HealthONE · · NPI 1720038946
$6,639.25
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.
$6,639.25
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.
$824.75 with Pinnacol Workers Comp vs $5,975.32 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinnacol Workers Comp | WORKERSCOMP | $824.75 | ↓ -88% |
| Multiplan | WorkersComp | $859.48 | ↓ -87% |
| Multiplan | BeechStreetWorkersComp | $859.48 | ↓ -87% |
| Vail Health | COMM | $1,009.17 | ↓ -85% |
| Kaiser | CommercialSmallGroupPlans | $1,327.85 | ↓ -80% |
| Kaiser | KPSelect | $1,327.85 | ↓ -80% |
| Kaiser | KPIF | $1,327.85 | ↓ -80% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,374.32 | ↓ -79% |
| Kaiser | HMO | $1,566.86 | ↓ -76% |
| United | ColoradoDoctorsPlan | $1,726.00 | ↓ -74% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $1,726.20 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna Transplant | COMM | $1,925.38 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | MCRADVHMO | $1,991.78 | ↓ -70% |
| Bright Health | OON | $1,991.78 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | NBR | $2,164.40 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | ExistingBusiness | $2,635.78 | ↓ -60% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $2,720.00 | ↓ -59% |
| Rocky Mountain Health Plan | AllPayerAppendix | $2,720.00 | ↓ -59% |
| United | GlobalBenefit | $2,987.66 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | ASA | $3,166.92 | ↓ -52% |
| Kaiser National Transplant | COMM | $3,186.84 | ↓ -52% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $3,186.84 | ↓ -52% |
| Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs | HCP | $3,386.02 | ↓ -49% |
| Cigna | Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans | $4,249.12 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans | $4,249.12 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | SureFitLeanBenefitPlans | $4,249.12 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | BroadLeanBenefitPlans | $4,249.12 | ↓ -36% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | COMM | $4,249.12 | ↓ -36% |
| NorthCare | COMM | $4,647.48 | ↓ -30% |
| Physician Health Partners | MCR | $4,647.48 | ↓ -30% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK | $4,647.48 | ↓ -30% |
| Anthem | PAR | $4,913.05 | ↓ -26% |
| Medical Development International | COMM | $5,311.40 | ↓ -20% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK | $5,643.36 | ↓ -15% |
| Multiplan | BeechStreetCOMMPPO | $5,975.32 | ↓ -10% |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $5,975.32 | ↓ -10% |
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Tilt table study at other Colorado hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| AdventHealth Porter | Denver | $3,997.05 | $137.40 – $728.23 |
| CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE | DENVER | $5,462.00 | $824.75 – $859.48 |
| HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION | Denver | not published | $824.75 – $859.48 |
| Banner Fort Collins Medical Center | Fort Collins | $357.88 | $494.05 – $27,118.00 |
| Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus | Loveland | $361.50 | $88.40 – $27,118.00 |
| HCA HealthONE AURORA | Aurora | $4,130.46 | $824.75 – $859.48 |
| AdventHealth Littleton | Littleton | $3,997.05 | $137.40 – $728.23 |
| AdventHealth Avista | Louisville | $3,997.05 | $137.40 – $736.31 |