Chest X-ray (single view) 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.

$20.61 with Anthem vs $1,566.45 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 $20.61
Anthem PathwayNSBP $26.29
Anthem HMO $42.06
Anthem PPO $42.06
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $137.53
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $139.83
Multiplan WorkersComp $145.72
Multiplan BeechStreetWorkersComp $145.72
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $182.03
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Cigna Connect-SBP $222.35
Cigna SureFit $258.24
Vail Health COMM $264.56
Cigna Connect-NSBP $279.25
Kaiser KPSelect $348.10
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $348.10
Kaiser KPIF $348.10
Cigna Broad $350.16
United OptionsPPO $360.28
Kaiser HMO $511.71
Bright Health OON $522.15
Kaiser PPO $562.18
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $765.82
United GlobalBenefit $783.23
Aetna Cofinity $918.98
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $1,113.92
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $1,113.92
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $1,113.92
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $1,113.92
Western Plains Community Health COMM $1,131.33
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $1,218.35
NorthCare COMM $1,218.35
Physician Health Partners MCR $1,218.35
Anthem PAR $1,287.97
Medical Development International COMM $1,392.40
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $1,479.42
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $1,566.45
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $1,566.45
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 (single view) at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $105.66 $77.08 – $212.38
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $75.20 $48.32 – $212.64
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $108.46 $61.38 – $213.40
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $127.82 $8.01 – $18.43
AdventHealth Porter Denver $900.72 $31.86 – $169.83
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver $954.75 $20.61 – $258.24
HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION Denver $855.42 $137.53 – $182.03
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $900.72 $31.86 – $169.83

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