Artery x-rays chest 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

$12,370.76

Cash price

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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.

$12,370.76

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.

$132.46 with Anthem vs $12,006.68 with Cigna — 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 $132.46 ↓ -99%
Anthem PathwayNSBP $168.98 ↓ -99%
Anthem HMO $270.37 ↓ -98%
Anthem PPO $270.37 ↓ -98%
Vail Health COMM $1,880.36 ↓ -85%
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $2,474.15 ↓ -80%
Kaiser KPSelect $2,474.15 ↓ -80%
Kaiser KPIF $2,474.15 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $2,560.75 ↓ -79%
Kaiser HMO $3,637.00 ↓ -71%
Bright Health OON $3,711.23 ↓ -70%
Kaiser PPO $3,995.76 ↓ -68%
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $4,864.82 ↓ -61%
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $4,904.77 ↓ -60%
Multiplan BeechStreetWorkersComp $5,111.29 ↓ -59%
Multiplan WorkersComp $5,111.29 ↓ -59%
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $5,443.13 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefit $5,566.84 ↓ -55%
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $6,438.74 ↓ -48%
United AllPayerAppendix $6,438.74 ↓ -48%
Aetna Cofinity $6,531.76 ↓ -47%
Cigna Connect-SBP $7,624.24 ↓ -38%
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $7,917.29 ↓ -36%
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $7,917.29 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $7,917.29 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $7,917.29 ↓ -36%
Western Plains Community Health COMM $8,040.99 ↓ -35%
NorthCare COMM $8,659.53 ↓ -30%
Physician Health Partners MCR $8,659.53 ↓ -30%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $8,659.53 ↓ -30%
Cigna SureFit $8,854.93 ↓ -28%
Anthem PAR $9,154.36 ↓ -26%
Cigna Connect-NSBP $9,575.33 ↓ -23%
Medical Development International COMM $9,896.61 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $10,515.15 ↓ -15%
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $11,133.68 ↓ -10%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $11,133.68 ↓ -10%
Cigna Broad $12,006.68 ↓ -3%
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ASA not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital

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Artery x-rays chest at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $1,760.16 $106.00 – $7,591.61
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $1,102.05 $112.00 – $7,601.14
AdventHealth Porter Denver $4,776.17 $198.91 – $6,161.93
HCA HealthONE AURORA Aurora $22,247.86 $132.46 – $6,933.86
CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE DENVER $25,248.00 $132.46 – $6,438.74
HCA HealthONE MOUNTAIN RIDGE Thornton $10,923.56 $132.46 – $6,438.74
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $4,776.17 $198.91 – $6,161.93
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $4,776.17 $198.91 – $6,230.33

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