Morphine 4 mg/ml injection (wrapper) 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.

$5.02 with United vs $179.78 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
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $5.02
Cigna SureFit $5.24
Cigna Connect-NSBP $5.24
Cigna Broad $5.24
Cigna Connect-SBP $6.76
United AllPayerAppendix $9.12
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $9.12
Vail Health COMM $30.36
Kaiser KPSelect $39.95
Kaiser KPIF $39.95
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $39.95
United OptionsPPO $41.35
Kaiser HMO $58.73
Aetna MCRADVHMO $59.92
Bright Health OON $59.92
Aetna MCRADVPPO $59.92
Kaiser PPO $64.52
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $87.89
United GlobalBenefit $89.89
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $127.84
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $127.84
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $127.84
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $127.84
Western Plains Community Health COMM $129.84
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $139.82
NorthCare COMM $139.82
Physician Health Partners MCR $139.82
Anthem PAR $147.81
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $149.81
Medical Development International COMM $159.80
TriWest Health Alliance FED $159.80
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $169.79
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $179.78
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $179.78
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital
Aetna ASA not published by hospital
Aetna NBR not published by hospital

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Morphine 4 mg/ml injection (wrapper) at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HealthONE AURORA Aurora not published $5.02 – $9.12
CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE DENVER not published $5.02 – $9.12
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver not published $5.02 – $5.24
HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE Lone Tree not published $5.02 – $9.12
HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE PARKER not published $4.49 – $9.12
HCA HealthONE MOUNTAIN RIDGE Thornton not published $5.02 – $9.12
HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION Denver not published $5.02 – $9.12

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