Nasopharyngoscopy w/endoscope 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

$1,777.22

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.

$1,777.22

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.

$270.14 with Vail Health vs $1,599.50 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
Vail Health COMM $270.14 ↓ -85%
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $304.80 ↓ -83%
Multiplan WorkersComp $317.63 ↓ -82%
Multiplan BeechStreetWorkersComp $317.63 ↓ -82%
Kaiser KPIF $355.44 ↓ -80%
Kaiser KPSelect $355.44 ↓ -80%
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $355.44 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $367.88 ↓ -79%
Cigna Connect-SBP $421.20 ↓ -76%
Cigna SureFit $451.41 ↓ -75%
Cigna Connect-NSBP $460.30 ↓ -74%
Kaiser HMO $522.50 ↓ -71%
Bright Health OON $533.17 ↓ -70%
Kaiser PPO $574.04 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBR $579.37 ↓ -67%
Cigna Broad $630.91 ↓ -65%
Aetna ExistingBusiness $705.56 ↓ -60%
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $781.98 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefit $799.75 ↓ -55%
Aetna ASA $847.73 ↓ -52%
Aetna Cofinity $938.37 ↓ -47%
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $1,137.42 ↓ -36%
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $1,137.42 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $1,137.42 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $1,137.42 ↓ -36%
Western Plains Community Health COMM $1,155.19 ↓ -35%
Physician Health Partners MCR $1,244.05 ↓ -30%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $1,244.05 ↓ -30%
NorthCare COMM $1,244.05 ↓ -30%
Anthem PAR $1,315.14 ↓ -26%
Medical Development International COMM $1,421.78 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $1,510.64 ↓ -15%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $1,599.50 ↓ -10%
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $1,599.50 ↓ -10%

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Nasopharyngoscopy w/endoscope at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $155.11 $89.18 – $8,568.00
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $124.82 $81.75 – $284.21
HCA HealthONE AURORA Aurora $760.19 $304.80 – $317.63
CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE DENVER $1,068.00 $304.80 – $317.63
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver $717.25 $304.80 – $317.63
HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE Lone Tree $1,693.00 $304.80 – $317.63
HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE PARKER $1,693.00 $76.95 – $317.63
HCA HealthONE MOUNTAIN RIDGE Thornton not published $304.80 – $317.63

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