Heparin assay 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.

$7.66 with Cigna vs $295.91 with Multiplan — 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 $7.66
Cigna SureFit $8.34
Cigna Connect-NSBP $9.19
Cigna Broad $11.49
Humana MCR $12.96
United MCR $13.02
Devoted Health MCRAdvantage $13.09
Aetna MCRADVPPO $13.09
Rocky Mountain Health MGMCR $13.09
Mutual of Omaha MCR $13.09
United AllPayerAppendix $13.09
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $13.09
Cigna HealthSpring Medicare $13.09
Anthem BCBS MCR $13.09
Bright Health DualEligible $13.09
Bright Health MCRHMO $13.09
Bright Health MCRPOS $13.09
Bright Health MCRPPO $13.09
Bright Health MCRSNP $13.09
Bright Health PFFS $13.09
TriWest Health Alliance FED $13.09
Total LongTerm Care MCR $13.09
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $13.09
Aetna MCRADVHMO $13.09
Kaiser MGMCR $13.35
WellCare MCR $13.48
Delaware Life Insurance MGMCR $13.74
Anthem PathwayEssentials $31.81
Anthem PathwayNSBP $40.58
Vail Health COMM $49.98
Anthem PPO $62.18
Anthem HMO $62.18
Kaiser KPIF $65.76
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $65.76
Kaiser KPSelect $65.76
United OptionsPPO $68.06
Kaiser HMO $96.66
Bright Health OON $98.64
Kaiser PPO $106.20
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $144.67
United GlobalBenefit $147.96
Aetna Cofinity $173.60
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $210.43
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $210.43
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $210.43
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $210.43
Western Plains Community Health COMM $213.71
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $230.15
NorthCare COMM $230.15
Physician Health Partners MCR $230.15
Anthem PAR $243.30
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $246.59
Medical Development International COMM $263.03
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $279.47
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $295.91
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $295.91
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital
Aetna ASA not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $18.33 $12.70 – $61.75
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $21.78 $13.09 – $63.05
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $40.49 $27.39 – $63.05
AdventHealth Porter Denver $1,144.67 $12.83 – $24.22
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AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $1,144.67 $12.83 – $24.22
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $1,144.67 $12.83 – $24.22
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $1,144.67 $12.83 – $24.22

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