Chg radiologic exam esophagus double contrast at HCA HealthONE BELMAR ER, A PART OF SWEDISH
260 S WADSWORTH BLVD, LAKEWOOD, CO · HCA HealthONE · · NPI 1396790200
$940.81
Cash price 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.
$940.81
Gross charge 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.
$79.12 with Anthem vs $846.73 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Anthem | PathwayEssentials | $79.12 | ↓ -92% |
| Anthem | PathwayNSBP | $100.94 | ↓ -89% |
| Vail Health | COMM | $143.00 | ↓ -85% |
| Anthem | PPO | $161.50 | ↓ -83% |
| Anthem | HMO | $161.50 | ↓ -83% |
| Kaiser | KPSelect | $188.16 | ↓ -80% |
| Kaiser | CommercialSmallGroupPlans | $188.16 | ↓ -80% |
| Kaiser | KPIF | $188.16 | ↓ -80% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $194.75 | ↓ -79% |
| Kaiser | HMO | $276.60 | ↓ -71% |
| Bright Health | OON | $282.24 | ↓ -70% |
| Pinnacol Workers Comp | WORKERSCOMP | $282.72 | ↓ -70% |
| Multiplan | BeechStreetWorkersComp | $294.62 | ↓ -69% |
| Multiplan | WorkersComp | $294.62 | ↓ -69% |
| United | ColoradoDoctorsPlan | $303.54 | ↓ -68% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $303.88 | ↓ -68% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $401.74 | ↓ -57% |
| Rocky Mountain Health Plan | AllPayerAppendix | $401.74 | ↓ -57% |
| Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs | HCP | $413.96 | ↓ -56% |
| United | GlobalBenefit | $423.36 | ↓ -55% |
| Cigna | Connect-SBP | $461.57 | ↓ -51% |
| Aetna | Cofinity | $496.75 | ↓ -47% |
| Cigna | SureFit | $536.07 | ↓ -43% |
| Cigna | Connect-NSBP | $579.69 | ↓ -38% |
| Cigna | Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans | $602.12 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | SureFitLeanBenefitPlans | $602.12 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans | $602.12 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | BroadLeanBenefitPlans | $602.12 | ↓ -36% |
| Western Plains Community Health | COMM | $611.53 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK | $658.57 | ↓ -30% |
| NorthCare | COMM | $658.57 | ↓ -30% |
| Physician Health Partners | MCR | $658.57 | ↓ -30% |
| Anthem | PAR | $696.20 | ↓ -26% |
| Cigna | Broad | $726.88 | ↓ -23% |
| Medical Development International | COMM | $752.65 | ↓ -20% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK | $799.69 | ↓ -15% |
| Multiplan | BeechStreetCOMMPPO | $846.73 | ↓ -10% |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $846.73 | ↓ -10% |
| Aetna | ExistingBusiness | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | NBR | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | ASA | not published by hospital | — |
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Chg radiologic exam esophagus double contrast at other Colorado hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| AdventHealth Porter | Denver | $2,057.25 | $138.27 – $342.30 |
| HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's | Denver | $659.75 | $79.12 – $536.07 |
| HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE | Lone Tree | $4,430.80 | $79.12 – $452.48 |
| HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE | PARKER | $4,430.80 | $79.12 – $836.62 |
| HCA HealthONE MOUNTAIN RIDGE | Thornton | $3,667.91 | $79.12 – $401.74 |
| HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION | Denver | $511.59 | $282.72 – $401.74 |
| AdventHealth Littleton | Littleton | $2,057.25 | $138.27 – $342.30 |
| AdventHealth Avista | Louisville | $2,057.25 | $138.27 – $346.10 |