Upper GI Barium X-ray (barium only) 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 Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 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.

$91.46 with Anthem vs $3,194.45 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 PathwayEssentialsStandard $91.46 —
Anthem PathwaySBP $96.84 —
Anthem PPO $190.61 —
Anthem HMO $190.61 —
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $282.72 —
Multiplan BeechStreetWorkersComp $294.62 —
Multiplan WorkersComp $294.62 —
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $303.54 —
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $401.74 —
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74 —
Cigna Connect-SBP $461.57 —
Cigna SureFit $536.07 —
Vail Health COMM $539.51 —
Cigna Connect-NSBP $579.69 —
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $709.88 —
Kaiser KPSelect $709.88 —
Kaiser KPIF $709.88 —
Cigna Broad $726.88 —
United OptionsPPO $734.72 —
Kaiser HMO $1,043.52 —
WPPA UnifiedHealthPlan $1,064.82 —
Bright Health OON $1,064.82 —
Kaiser PPO $1,146.45 —
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $1,561.73 —
United GlobalBenefit $1,597.23 —
Aetna Cofinity $1,856.33 —
WPPA OutofServiceArea $2,129.63 —
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $2,271.61 —
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $2,271.61 —
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $2,271.61 —
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $2,271.61 —
Western Plains Community Health COMM $2,307.10 —
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $2,484.57 —
Physician Health Partners MCR $2,484.57 —
NorthCare COMM $2,484.57 —
Anthem PAR $2,626.55 —
Medical Development International COMM $2,839.51 —
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $3,016.98 —
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $3,194.45 —
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $3,194.45 —

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Upper GI Barium X-ray (barium only) at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $188.60 $106.00 – $429.38
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $127.42 $93.03 – $429.91
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $299.70 $178.91 – $646.02
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $442.22 $35.40 – $81.48
AdventHealth Porter Denver $1,887.98 $152.43 – $342.30
HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE Lone Tree $5,525.85 $94.54 – $452.48
HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE PARKER $5,525.85 $94.54 – $2,160.49
HCA HealthONE MOUNTAIN RIDGE Thornton $5,342.07 $88.00 – $401.74

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