Cell marker study 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

$1,957.57

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.

$1,957.57

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.

$49.76 with United vs $1,761.81 with Prime Health — 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
United AllPayerAppendix $49.76 ↓ -97%
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $49.76 ↓ -97%
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $49.76 ↓ -97%
Cigna Connect-SBP $72.36 ↓ -96%
Cigna SureFit $78.79 ↓ -96%
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $83.38 ↓ -96%
Cigna Connect-NSBP $86.83 ↓ -96%
Multiplan BeechStreetWorkersComp $86.89 ↓ -96%
Multiplan WorkersComp $86.89 ↓ -96%
Cigna Broad $108.54 ↓ -94%
Anthem PathwayEssentials $120.92 ↓ -94%
Anthem PathwayNSBP $154.26 ↓ -92%
Anthem PPO $236.36 ↓ -88%
Anthem HMO $236.36 ↓ -88%
Vail Health COMM $297.55 ↓ -85%
Kaiser KPSelect $391.51 ↓ -80%
Kaiser KPIF $391.51 ↓ -80%
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $391.51 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $405.22 ↓ -79%
Kaiser HMO $575.53 ↓ -71%
Bright Health OON $587.27 ↓ -70%
Kaiser PPO $632.30 ↓ -68%
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $861.33 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefit $880.91 ↓ -55%
Aetna Cofinity $1,033.60 ↓ -47%
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $1,252.84 ↓ -36%
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $1,252.84 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $1,252.84 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $1,252.84 ↓ -36%
Western Plains Community Health COMM $1,272.42 ↓ -35%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $1,370.30 ↓ -30%
NorthCare COMM $1,370.30 ↓ -30%
Physician Health Partners MCR $1,370.30 ↓ -30%
Anthem PAR $1,448.60 ↓ -26%
Medical Development International COMM $1,566.06 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $1,663.93 ↓ -15%
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $1,761.81 ↓ -10%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $1,761.81 ↓ -10%
Aetna ASA not published by hospital
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $366.75 $52.09 – $712.50
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $344.25 $52.15 – $712.50
HCA HealthONE AURORA Aurora $2,265.67 $49.76 – $120.92
CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE DENVER $851.00 $49.76 – $120.92
HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE Lone Tree $1,926.96 $49.76 – $120.92
HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE PARKER $1,926.96 $49.76 – $164.46
HCA HealthONE MOUNTAIN RIDGE Thornton $1,331.34 $49.76 – $120.92
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver not published $49.76 – $120.92

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