Assay blood catecholamines 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

$1,318.27

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.

$1,318.27

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.

$17.01 with Cigna vs $1,186.44 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
Cigna Connect-SBP $17.01 ↓ -99%
Cigna SureFit $18.52 ↓ -99%
Cigna Connect-NSBP $20.41 ↓ -98%
Cigna Broad $25.52 ↓ -98%
Humana MCR $28.79 ↓ -98%
United MCR $28.93 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MCRAdvantage $29.08 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCRADVPPO $29.08 ↓ -98%
Rocky Mountain Health MGMCR $29.08 ↓ -98%
Mutual of Omaha MCR $29.08 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $29.08 ↓ -98%
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $29.08 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring Medicare $29.08 ↓ -98%
Anthem BCBS MCR $29.08 ↓ -98%
Bright Health DualEligible $29.08 ↓ -98%
Bright Health MCRHMO $29.08 ↓ -98%
Bright Health MCRPOS $29.08 ↓ -98%
Bright Health MCRPPO $29.08 ↓ -98%
Bright Health MCRSNP $29.08 ↓ -98%
Bright Health PFFS $29.08 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance FED $29.08 ↓ -98%
Total LongTerm Care MCR $29.08 ↓ -98%
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $29.08 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCRADVHMO $29.08 ↓ -98%
Kaiser MGMCR $29.66 ↓ -98%
WellCare MCR $29.95 ↓ -98%
Delaware Life Insurance MGMCR $30.53 ↓ -98%
Anthem PathwayEssentials $70.66 ↓ -95%
Anthem PathwayNSBP $90.15 ↓ -93%
Anthem PPO $138.13 ↓ -90%
Anthem HMO $138.13 ↓ -90%
Vail Health COMM $200.38 ↓ -85%
Kaiser KPIF $263.65 ↓ -80%
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $263.65 ↓ -80%
Kaiser KPSelect $263.65 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $272.88 ↓ -79%
Kaiser HMO $387.57 ↓ -71%
Bright Health OON $395.48 ↓ -70%
Kaiser PPO $425.80 ↓ -68%
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $580.04 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefit $593.22 ↓ -55%
Aetna Cofinity $696.05 ↓ -47%
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $843.69 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $843.69 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $843.69 ↓ -36%
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $843.69 ↓ -36%
Western Plains Community Health COMM $856.88 ↓ -35%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $922.79 ↓ -30%
NorthCare COMM $922.79 ↓ -30%
Physician Health Partners MCR $922.79 ↓ -30%
Anthem PAR $975.52 ↓ -26%
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $988.70 ↓ -25%
Medical Development International COMM $1,054.62 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $1,120.53 ↓ -15%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $1,186.44 ↓ -10%
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $1,186.44 ↓ -10%
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital
Aetna ASA not published by hospital

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