1 pc ost pou w built-in conv at HCA HealthONE BELMAR ER, A PART OF SWEDISH

260 S WADSWORTH BLVD, LAKEWOOD, CO · HCA HealthONE · · NPI 1396790200

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$18.00

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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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$18.00

Gross charge

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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.

$2.74 with Vail Health vs $16.20 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 $2.74 ↓ -85%
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $3.60 ↓ -80%
Kaiser KPSelect $3.60 ↓ -80%
Kaiser KPIF $3.60 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $3.73 ↓ -79%
Cigna Connect-SBP $4.27 ↓ -76%
Cigna SureFit $4.57 ↓ -75%
Cigna Connect-NSBP $4.66 ↓ -74%
Kaiser HMO $5.29 ↓ -71%
Bright Health OON $5.40 ↓ -70%
Kaiser PPO $5.81 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBR $5.87 ↓ -67%
Cigna Broad $6.39 ↓ -65%
Aetna ExistingBusiness $7.15 ↓ -60%
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $7.92 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefit $8.10 ↓ -55%
Aetna ASA $8.59 ↓ -52%
Aetna Cofinity $9.50 ↓ -47%
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $11.52 ↓ -36%
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $11.52 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $11.52 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $11.52 ↓ -36%
Western Plains Community Health COMM $11.70 ↓ -35%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $12.60 ↓ -30%
NorthCare COMM $12.60 ↓ -30%
Physician Health Partners MCR $12.60 ↓ -30%
Anthem PAR $13.32 ↓ -26%
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $13.50 ↓ -25%
Humana MCR $13.54 ↓ -25%
United MCR $13.61 ↓ -24%
Bright Health PFFS $13.68 ↓ -24%
Cigna HealthSpring Medicare $13.68 ↓ -24%
Devoted Health MCRAdvantage $13.68 ↓ -24%
Aetna MCRADVPPO $13.68 ↓ -24%
Aetna MCRADVHMO $13.68 ↓ -24%
Bright Health MCRHMO $13.68 ↓ -24%
Bright Health MCRPOS $13.68 ↓ -24%
Bright Health MCRPPO $13.68 ↓ -24%
Bright Health MCRSNP $13.68 ↓ -24%
Mutual of Omaha MCR $13.68 ↓ -24%
Rocky Mountain Health MGMCR $13.68 ↓ -24%
Total LongTerm Care MCR $13.68 ↓ -24%
TriWest Health Alliance FED $13.68 ↓ -24%
Anthem BCBS MCR $13.68 ↓ -24%
Bright Health DualEligible $13.68 ↓ -24%
Kaiser MGMCR $13.95 ↓ -23%
WellCare MCR $14.09 ↓ -22%
Delaware Life Insurance MGMCR $14.36 ↓ -20%
Medical Development International COMM $14.40 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $15.30 ↓ -15%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $16.20 ↓ -10%
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $16.20 ↓ -10%

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1 pc ost pou w built-in conv at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HealthONE AURORA Aurora not published $13.54 – $14.36
CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE DENVER not published $13.54 – $14.36
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver not published $11.63 – $14.36
HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE Lone Tree not published $13.54 – $14.36
HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE PARKER not published $13.27 – $19.84
HCA HealthONE MOUNTAIN RIDGE Thornton not published $13.54 – $14.36
HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION Denver not published $13.54 – $14.36

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