Ultrasound encephalogram at HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's
2001 N High Street, Denver, CO · HCA HealthONE · · NPI 1720038946
$2,995.75
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.
$2,995.75
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.
$72.51 with Anthem vs $2,696.18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anthem | PathwayEssentials | $72.51 | ↓ -98% |
| Anthem | PathwayNSBP | $92.50 | ↓ -97% |
| Anthem | HMO | $148.01 | ↓ -95% |
| Anthem | PPO | $148.01 | ↓ -95% |
| Pinnacol Workers Comp | WORKERSCOMP | $169.18 | ↓ -94% |
| Multiplan | BeechStreetWorkersComp | $176.30 | ↓ -94% |
| Multiplan | WorkersComp | $176.30 | ↓ -94% |
| United | ColoradoDoctorsPlan | $185.25 | ↓ -94% |
| Rocky Mountain Health Plan | AllPayerAppendix | $245.18 | ↓ -92% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $245.18 | ↓ -92% |
| Cigna | SureFit | $317.72 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | Connect-NSBP | $343.56 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | Broad | $430.80 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | Connect-SBP | $446.96 | ↓ -85% |
| Vail Health | COMM | $455.35 | ↓ -85% |
| Kaiser | KPIF | $599.15 | ↓ -80% |
| Kaiser | KPSelect | $599.15 | ↓ -80% |
| Kaiser | CommercialSmallGroupPlans | $599.15 | ↓ -80% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $620.12 | ↓ -79% |
| Kaiser | HMO | $707.00 | ↓ -76% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $778.89 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna Transplant | COMM | $868.77 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | MCRADVHMO | $898.73 | ↓ -70% |
| Bright Health | OON | $898.73 | ↓ -70% |
| United | GlobalBenefit | $1,348.09 | ↓ -55% |
| Kaiser National Transplant | COMM | $1,437.96 | ↓ -52% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $1,437.96 | ↓ -52% |
| Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs | HCP | $1,527.83 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | Cofinity | $1,581.76 | ↓ -47% |
| Cigna | BroadLeanBenefitPlans | $1,917.28 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans | $1,917.28 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans | $1,917.28 | ↓ -36% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | COMM | $1,917.28 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | SureFitLeanBenefitPlans | $1,917.28 | ↓ -36% |
| Western Plains Community Health | COMM | $1,947.24 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK | $2,097.03 | ↓ -30% |
| NorthCare | COMM | $2,097.03 | ↓ -30% |
| Physician Health Partners | MCR | $2,097.03 | ↓ -30% |
| Anthem | PAR | $2,216.86 | ↓ -26% |
| Medical Development International | COMM | $2,396.60 | ↓ -20% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK | $2,546.39 | ↓ -15% |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $2,696.18 | ↓ -10% |
| Multiplan | BeechStreetCOMMPPO | $2,696.18 | ↓ -10% |
| Aetna | ExistingBusiness | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | ASA | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | NBR | not published by hospital | — |
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Ultrasound encephalogram at other Colorado hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| AdventHealth Porter | Denver | $1,602.55 | $108.08 – $204.02 |
| CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE | DENVER | not published | $72.51 – $245.18 |
| HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION | Denver | not published | $169.18 – $245.18 |
| Banner Fort Collins Medical Center | Fort Collins | $244.29 | $103.66 – $329.65 |
| Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus | Loveland | $191.89 | $89.18 – $329.65 |
| Sterling Regional Medical Center | Sterling | $294.79 | $106.87 – $503.43 |
| AdventHealth Littleton | Littleton | $1,602.55 | $108.08 – $204.02 |
| AdventHealth Avista | Louisville | $1,602.55 | $109.28 – $206.29 |