Pet image w/ct lmtd 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.

$243.15 with Anthem vs $4,854.97 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
Anthem PathwayEssentials $243.15
Anthem PathwayNSBP $310.19
Anthem PPO $496.30
Anthem HMO $496.30
Vail Health COMM $819.95
United OptionsPPO $1,116.64
Bright Health OON $1,618.32
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $2,373.54
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $2,407.32
Aetna NBR $2,425.00
United GlobalBenefit $2,427.48
Multiplan WorkersComp $2,508.68
Multiplan BeechStreetWorkersComp $2,508.68
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $2,516.58
Aetna Cofinity $2,848.25
Aetna ExistingBusiness $2,957.00
United AllPayerAppendix $3,330.77
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $3,330.77
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $3,452.42
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $3,452.42
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $3,452.42
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $3,452.42
Western Plains Community Health COMM $3,506.37
Aetna ASA $3,674.00
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $3,776.09
NorthCare COMM $3,776.09
Physician Health Partners MCR $3,776.09
Anthem PAR $3,991.86
Medical Development International COMM $4,315.53
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $4,585.25
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $4,854.97
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $4,854.97

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Pet image w/ct lmtd at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $2,131.24 $1,356.70 – $5,015.05
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $1,867.44 $1,400.58 – $4,869.40
AdventHealth Porter Denver $10,907.30 $178.05 – $2,790.59
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $10,907.30 $178.05 – $2,790.59
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $10,907.30 $178.05 – $2,821.57
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $10,907.30 $178.05 – $2,790.59
AdventHealth Parker Parker $10,907.30 $178.05 – $2,790.59
HCA HealthONE AURORA Aurora not published $243.15 – $3,330.77

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