Ultrasound encephalogram 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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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.

$72.51 with Anthem vs $2,562.30 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
Anthem PathwayEssentials $72.51
Anthem PathwayNSBP $92.50
Anthem PPO $148.01
Anthem HMO $148.01
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $169.18
Multiplan WorkersComp $176.30
Multiplan BeechStreetWorkersComp $176.30
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $185.25
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Cigna Connect-SBP $273.56
Cigna SureFit $317.72
Cigna Connect-NSBP $343.56
Cigna Broad $430.80
Vail Health COMM $432.74
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $569.40
Kaiser KPSelect $569.40
Kaiser KPIF $569.40
United OptionsPPO $589.33
Kaiser HMO $837.02
Bright Health OON $854.10
Kaiser PPO $919.58
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $1,252.68
United GlobalBenefit $1,281.15
Aetna Cofinity $1,503.22
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $1,822.08
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $1,822.08
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $1,822.08
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $1,822.08
Western Plains Community Health COMM $1,850.55
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $1,992.90
NorthCare COMM $1,992.90
Physician Health Partners MCR $1,992.90
Anthem PAR $2,106.78
Medical Development International COMM $2,277.60
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $2,419.95
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $2,562.30
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $2,562.30
Aetna ASA not published by hospital
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital

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Ultrasound encephalogram at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $244.29 $103.66 – $329.65
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $191.89 $89.18 – $329.65
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $294.79 $106.87 – $503.43
AdventHealth Porter Denver $1,602.55 $108.08 – $204.02
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver $2,995.75 $72.51 – $317.72
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $1,602.55 $108.08 – $204.02
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $1,602.55 $109.28 – $206.29
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $1,602.55 $108.08 – $204.02

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