Cytopathology concentration technique smears & interpretation 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

$875.51

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.

$875.51

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.

$26.17 with Cigna vs $787.96 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 $26.17 ↓ -97%
Cigna SureFit $28.50 ↓ -97%
Cigna Connect-NSBP $31.41 ↓ -96%
United AllPayerAppendix $33.84 ↓ -96%
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $33.84 ↓ -96%
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $33.84 ↓ -96%
Cigna Broad $39.26 ↓ -96%
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $61.71 ↓ -93%
Multiplan WorkersComp $64.31 ↓ -93%
Multiplan BeechStreetWorkersComp $64.31 ↓ -93%
Anthem PathwayEssentials $82.23 ↓ -91%
Anthem PathwayNSBP $104.90 ↓ -88%
Vail Health COMM $133.08 ↓ -85%
Anthem PPO $160.74 ↓ -82%
Anthem HMO $160.74 ↓ -82%
Kaiser KPSelect $175.10 ↓ -80%
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $175.10 ↓ -80%
Kaiser KPIF $175.10 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $181.23 ↓ -79%
Kaiser HMO $257.40 ↓ -71%
Bright Health OON $262.65 ↓ -70%
Kaiser PPO $282.79 ↓ -68%
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $385.22 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefit $393.98 ↓ -55%
Aetna Cofinity $462.27 ↓ -47%
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $560.33 ↓ -36%
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $560.33 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $560.33 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $560.33 ↓ -36%
Western Plains Community Health COMM $569.08 ↓ -35%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $612.86 ↓ -30%
NorthCare COMM $612.86 ↓ -30%
Physician Health Partners MCR $612.86 ↓ -30%
Anthem PAR $647.88 ↓ -26%
Medical Development International COMM $700.41 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $744.18 ↓ -15%
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $787.96 ↓ -10%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $787.96 ↓ -10%
Aetna ASA not published by hospital
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital

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