Reticulocyte direct measurement automated 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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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.

$3.26 with Cigna vs $376.58 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 $3.26
Cigna SureFit $3.55
Cigna Connect-NSBP $3.91
Cigna Broad $4.89
Humana MCR $5.51
United MCR $5.54
Devoted Health MCRAdvantage $5.57
Aetna MCRADVPPO $5.57
Rocky Mountain Health MGMCR $5.57
Mutual of Omaha MCR $5.57
United AllPayerAppendix $5.57
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $5.57
Cigna HealthSpring Medicare $5.57
Anthem BCBS MCR $5.57
Bright Health DualEligible $5.57
Bright Health MCRHMO $5.57
Bright Health MCRPOS $5.57
Bright Health MCRPPO $5.57
Bright Health MCRSNP $5.57
Bright Health PFFS $5.57
TriWest Health Alliance FED $5.57
Total LongTerm Care MCR $5.57
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $5.57
Aetna MCRADVHMO $5.57
Kaiser MGMCR $5.68
WellCare MCR $5.74
Delaware Life Insurance MGMCR $5.85
Anthem PathwayEssentials $13.54
Anthem PathwayNSBP $17.27
Anthem PPO $26.46
Anthem HMO $26.46
Vail Health COMM $63.60
Kaiser KPIF $83.68
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $83.68
Kaiser KPSelect $83.68
United OptionsPPO $86.61
Kaiser HMO $123.02
Bright Health OON $125.53
Kaiser PPO $135.15
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $184.10
United GlobalBenefit $188.29
Aetna Cofinity $220.93
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $267.79
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $267.79
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $267.79
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $267.79
Western Plains Community Health COMM $271.97
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $292.89
NorthCare COMM $292.89
Physician Health Partners MCR $292.89
Anthem PAR $309.63
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $313.81
Medical Development International COMM $334.74
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $355.66
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $376.58
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $376.58
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital
Aetna ASA not published by hospital

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Reticulocyte direct measurement automated at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $1.73 $5.40 – $16.15
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $4.79 $4.37 – $16.15
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $5.70 $4.74 – $16.49
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $10.59 $7.16 – $16.49
AdventHealth Porter Denver $94.06 $5.46 – $10.30
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $94.06 $5.46 – $10.30
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $94.06 $5.46 – $10.30
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $94.06 $5.46 – $10.30

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