Chest X-ray 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.

$24.79 with Anthem vs $1,717.71 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
Anthem PathwayEssentials $24.79
Anthem PathwayNSBP $31.62
Anthem PPO $50.59
Anthem HMO $50.59
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $137.53
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $139.83
Multiplan WorkersComp $145.72
Multiplan BeechStreetWorkersComp $145.72
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Cigna Connect-SBP $222.35
Cigna SureFit $258.24
Cigna Connect-NSBP $279.25
Vail Health COMM $290.10
Cigna Broad $350.16
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $381.71
Kaiser KPSelect $381.71
Kaiser KPIF $381.71
United OptionsPPO $395.07
Kaiser HMO $561.12
Bright Health OON $572.57
Kaiser PPO $616.47
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $839.77
United GlobalBenefit $858.86
Aetna Cofinity $1,007.72
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $1,221.48
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $1,221.48
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $1,221.48
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $1,221.48
Western Plains Community Health COMM $1,240.57
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $1,336.00
NorthCare COMM $1,336.00
Physician Health Partners MCR $1,336.00
Anthem PAR $1,412.34
Medical Development International COMM $1,526.86
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $1,622.28
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $1,717.71
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $1,717.71
Aetna ASA not published by hospital
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital

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Chest X-ray at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $107.34 $78.31 – $212.38
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $76.40 $49.09 – $212.64
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $227.77 $88.49 – $448.14
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $268.42 $9.69 – $22.31
AdventHealth Porter Denver $1,006.41 $42.93 – $169.83
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver $1,018.00 $24.79 – $258.24
HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION Denver $600.60 $137.53 – $182.03
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $1,006.41 $42.93 – $169.83

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