Cholesterol body fluid 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.

$20.69 with Cigna vs $498.45 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
Cigna Connect-SBP $20.69
Cigna SureFit $22.53
Cigna Connect-NSBP $24.83
Cigna Broad $31.04
Vail Health COMM $84.18
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $110.77
Kaiser KPSelect $110.77
Kaiser KPIF $110.77
United OptionsPPO $114.64
Kaiser HMO $162.83
Bright Health OON $166.15
Aetna MCRADVPPO $166.15
Aetna MCRADVHMO $166.15
Kaiser PPO $178.89
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $243.69
United GlobalBenefit $249.22
Aetna Cofinity $292.42
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $354.45
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $354.45
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $354.45
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $354.45
Western Plains Community Health COMM $359.99
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $387.68
NorthCare COMM $387.68
Physician Health Partners MCR $387.68
Anthem PAR $409.83
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $415.37
Medical Development International COMM $443.06
TriWest Health Alliance FED $443.06
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $470.76
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $498.45
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $498.45
Aetna ASA not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital
Aetna NBR not published by hospital

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Cholesterol body fluid at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $96.48 $20.91 – $48.45
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $15.64 $13.11 – $48.45
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $22.44 $14.23 – $49.47
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $41.89 $21.49 – $49.47
AdventHealth Porter Denver $839.54 $70.58 – $70.58
HCA HealthONE MOUNTAIN RIDGE Thornton $653.38 $16.78 – $16.78
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $839.54 $70.58 – $70.58
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $839.54 $70.58 – $70.58

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