Blood smear microscopic w manual differential wbc count 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.

$2.22 with Cigna vs $112.60 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 $2.22
Cigna SureFit $2.42
Cigna Connect-NSBP $2.67
Cigna Broad $3.33
Humana MCR $3.76
United MCR $3.78
Devoted Health MCRAdvantage $3.80
Aetna MCRADVPPO $3.80
Rocky Mountain Health MGMCR $3.80
Mutual of Omaha MCR $3.80
United AllPayerAppendix $3.80
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $3.80
Cigna HealthSpring Medicare $3.80
Anthem BCBS MCR $3.80
Bright Health DualEligible $3.80
Bright Health MCRHMO $3.80
Bright Health MCRPOS $3.80
Bright Health MCRPPO $3.80
Bright Health MCRSNP $3.80
Bright Health PFFS $3.80
TriWest Health Alliance FED $3.80
Total LongTerm Care MCR $3.80
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $3.80
Aetna MCRADVHMO $3.80
Kaiser MGMCR $3.88
WellCare MCR $3.91
Delaware Life Insurance MGMCR $3.99
Anthem PathwayEssentials $9.23
Anthem PathwayNSBP $11.78
Anthem PPO $18.05
Anthem HMO $18.05
Vail Health COMM $19.02
Kaiser KPIF $25.02
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $25.02
Kaiser KPSelect $25.02
United OptionsPPO $25.90
Kaiser HMO $36.78
Bright Health OON $37.53
Kaiser PPO $40.41
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $55.05
United GlobalBenefit $56.30
Aetna Cofinity $66.06
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $80.07
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $80.07
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $80.07
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $80.07
Western Plains Community Health COMM $81.32
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $87.58
NorthCare COMM $87.58
Physician Health Partners MCR $87.58
Anthem PAR $92.58
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $93.83
Medical Development International COMM $100.09
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $106.34
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $112.60
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $112.60
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital
Aetna ASA not published by hospital

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