Warde 3400652 smear complex special stain ova/parasites 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

$27.25

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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.

$27.25

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.

$4.14 with Vail Health vs $85.41 with Anthem — 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 $4.14 ↓ -85%
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $5.45 ↓ -80%
Kaiser KPIF $5.45 ↓ -80%
Kaiser KPSelect $5.45 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $5.64 ↓ -79%
Kaiser HMO $6.43 ↓ -76%
Kaiser PPO $7.08 ↓ -74%
Cigna Transplant COMM $7.90 ↓ -71%
Bright Health OON $8.18 ↓ -70%
Cigna SureFit $11.46 ↓ -58%
United GlobalBenefit $12.26 ↓ -55%
Cigna Connect-NSBP $12.63 ↓ -54%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $13.08 ↓ -52%
Kaiser National Transplant COMM $13.08 ↓ -52%
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $13.90 ↓ -49%
Aetna Cofinity $14.39 ↓ -47%
OptumHealth Care Solutions MCD $15.28 ↓ -44%
Cigna Broad $15.78 ↓ -42%
Cigna Connect-SBP $17.18 ↓ -37%
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $17.44 ↓ -36%
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $17.44 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $17.44 ↓ -36%
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $17.44 ↓ -36%
Emerging Therapy Solutions COMM $17.44 ↓ -36%
Western Plains Community Health COMM $17.71 ↓ -35%
Humana MCR $17.80 ↓ -35%
United MCR $17.89 ↓ -34%
Anthem BCBS MCR $17.98 ↓ -34%
Bright Health DualEligible $17.98 ↓ -34%
Bright Health MCRHMO $17.98 ↓ -34%
Bright Health MCRPOS $17.98 ↓ -34%
Bright Health MCRPPO $17.98 ↓ -34%
Bright Health MCRSNP $17.98 ↓ -34%
Devoted Health MCRAdvantage $17.98 ↓ -34%
Kaiser National Transplant MGMCR $17.98 ↓ -34%
Bright Health PFFS $17.98 ↓ -34%
Cigna HealthSpring Medicare $17.98 ↓ -34%
Aetna MCRADVPPO $17.98 ↓ -34%
Mutual of Omaha MCR $17.98 ↓ -34%
Rocky Mountain Health MGMCR $17.98 ↓ -34%
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $17.98 ↓ -34%
Total LongTerm Care MCR $17.98 ↓ -34%
TriWest Health Alliance FED $17.98 ↓ -34%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRHMO $17.98 ↓ -34%
Humana National Transplant Network MCRPPO $17.98 ↓ -34%
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $17.98 ↓ -34%
Humana National Transplant Network PFFS $17.98 ↓ -34%
United AllPayerAppendix $17.98 ↓ -34%
InnovAge Pace MCR $18.34 ↓ -33%
Kaiser MGMCR $18.34 ↓ -33%
WellCare MCR $18.52 ↓ -32%
Delaware Life Insurance MGMCR $18.88 ↓ -31%
NorthCare COMM $19.07 ↓ -30%
Physician Health Partners MCR $19.07 ↓ -30%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $19.07 ↓ -30%
Anthem PAR $20.16 ↓ -26%
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $20.44 ↓ -25%
Medical Development International COMM $21.80 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $23.16 ↓ -15%
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $24.52 ↓ -10%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $24.52 ↓ -10%
Anthem PathwayEssentials $43.69 ↑ +60%
Anthem PathwayNSBP $55.74 ↑ +105%
Anthem HMO $85.41 ↑ +213%
Anthem PPO $85.41 ↑ +213%
Aetna ASA not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital
Aetna NBR not published by hospital

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