Tissue culture tumor 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

$1,668.40

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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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$1,668.40

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.

$86.30 with Cigna vs $1,501.56 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 $86.30 ↓ -95%
Cigna SureFit $93.97 ↓ -94%
Cigna Connect-NSBP $103.56 ↓ -94%
Cigna Broad $129.45 ↓ -92%
Humana MCR $146.04 ↓ -91%
United MCR $146.78 ↓ -91%
Aetna MCRADVHMO $147.52 ↓ -91%
Aetna MCRADVPPO $147.52 ↓ -91%
Bright Health MCRPPO $147.52 ↓ -91%
TriWest Health Alliance FED $147.52 ↓ -91%
Total LongTerm Care MCR $147.52 ↓ -91%
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $147.52 ↓ -91%
Rocky Mountain Health MGMCR $147.52 ↓ -91%
Mutual of Omaha MCR $147.52 ↓ -91%
United AllPayerAppendix $147.52 ↓ -91%
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $147.52 ↓ -91%
Cigna HealthSpring Medicare $147.52 ↓ -91%
Bright Health PFFS $147.52 ↓ -91%
Devoted Health MCRAdvantage $147.52 ↓ -91%
Anthem BCBS MCR $147.52 ↓ -91%
Bright Health DualEligible $147.52 ↓ -91%
Bright Health MCRHMO $147.52 ↓ -91%
Bright Health MCRPOS $147.52 ↓ -91%
Bright Health MCRSNP $147.52 ↓ -91%
Kaiser MGMCR $150.47 ↓ -91%
WellCare MCR $151.95 ↓ -91%
Delaware Life Insurance MGMCR $154.90 ↓ -91%
Vail Health COMM $253.60 ↓ -85%
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $333.68 ↓ -80%
Kaiser KPIF $333.68 ↓ -80%
Kaiser KPSelect $333.68 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $345.36 ↓ -79%
Anthem PathwayEssentials $358.47 ↓ -79%
Anthem PathwayNSBP $457.31 ↓ -73%
Kaiser HMO $490.51 ↓ -71%
Bright Health OON $500.52 ↓ -70%
Kaiser PPO $538.89 ↓ -68%
Anthem HMO $700.72 ↓ -58%
Anthem PPO $700.72 ↓ -58%
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $734.10 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefit $750.78 ↓ -55%
Aetna Cofinity $880.92 ↓ -47%
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $1,067.78 ↓ -36%
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $1,067.78 ↓ -36%
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $1,067.78 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $1,067.78 ↓ -36%
Western Plains Community Health COMM $1,084.46 ↓ -35%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $1,167.88 ↓ -30%
NorthCare COMM $1,167.88 ↓ -30%
Physician Health Partners MCR $1,167.88 ↓ -30%
Anthem PAR $1,234.62 ↓ -26%
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $1,251.30 ↓ -25%
Medical Development International COMM $1,334.72 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $1,418.14 ↓ -15%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $1,501.56 ↓ -10%
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $1,501.56 ↓ -10%
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ASA not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital

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