Abdominal MRI (with and without contrast) 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

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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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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.

$250.46 with Anthem vs $21,542.88 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
Anthem PathwayEssentials $250.46
Anthem PathwayNSBP $319.52
Anthem HMO $511.23
Anthem PPO $511.23
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $591.76
Multiplan BeechStreetWorkersComp $616.68
Multiplan WorkersComp $616.68
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $625.80
United AllPayerAppendix $828.27
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $828.27
Aetna NBR $1,552.00
Aetna ExistingBusiness $1,893.00
Aetna ASA $2,352.00
Vail Health COMM $3,638.35
United OptionsPPO $4,954.86
Bright Health OON $7,180.96
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $10,532.07
United GlobalBenefit $10,771.44
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $15,319.38
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $15,319.38
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $15,319.38
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $15,319.38
Western Plains Community Health COMM $15,558.74
NorthCare COMM $16,755.57
Physician Health Partners MCR $16,755.57
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $16,755.57
Anthem PAR $17,713.03
Medical Development International COMM $19,149.22
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $20,346.05
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $21,542.88
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $21,542.88
Aetna Cofinity not published by hospital

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Abdominal MRI (with and without contrast) at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $589.30 $348.14 – $1,481.05
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $601.77 $348.58 – $1,481.05
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $2,201.74 $358.91 – $4,632.72
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $3,496.03 $94.39 – $217.28
AdventHealth Porter Denver $7,059.50 $360.66 – $680.84
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver $21,902.75 $250.46 – $828.27
HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE Lone Tree $24,396.90 $250.46 – $828.27
HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE PARKER $24,396.90 $250.46 – $4,329.15

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