Artery x-rays lung 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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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.

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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.

$143.66 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 $143.66
Anthem PathwayNSBP $183.27
Anthem HMO $293.24
Anthem PPO $293.24
Vail Health COMM $1,819.44
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $2,394.00
Kaiser KPSelect $2,394.00
Kaiser KPIF $2,394.00
United OptionsPPO $2,477.79
Kaiser HMO $3,519.18
Bright Health OON $3,591.00
Kaiser PPO $3,866.31
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $4,864.82
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $4,904.77
Multiplan BeechStreetWorkersComp $5,111.29
Multiplan WorkersComp $5,111.29
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $5,266.80
United GlobalBenefit $5,386.50
Aetna Cofinity $6,320.17
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $6,438.74
United AllPayerAppendix $6,438.74
Cigna Connect-SBP $7,624.24
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $7,660.81
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $7,660.81
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $7,660.81
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $7,660.81
Western Plains Community Health COMM $7,780.51
NorthCare COMM $8,379.01
Physician Health Partners MCR $8,379.01
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $8,379.01
Cigna SureFit $8,854.93
Anthem PAR $8,857.81
Cigna Connect-NSBP $9,575.33
Medical Development International COMM $9,576.01
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $10,174.51
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $10,773.01
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $10,773.01
Cigna Broad $12,006.68
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 lung at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $2,599.69 $106.00 – $5,542.30
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $1,627.69 $112.00 – $5,542.30
AdventHealth Porter Denver $5,774.66 $128.91 – $6,161.93
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $5,774.66 $128.91 – $6,161.93
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $5,774.66 $128.91 – $6,230.33
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $5,774.66 $128.91 – $6,161.93
AdventHealth Parker Parker $5,774.66 $128.91 – $6,161.93
HCA HealthONE AURORA Aurora not published $143.66 – $6,933.86

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