Vein x-ray kidney at HCA HealthONE BELMAR ER, A PART OF SWEDISH
260 S WADSWORTH BLVD, LAKEWOOD, CO · HCA HealthONE · · NPI 1396790200
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Cash price 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 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.
$122.79 with Anthem vs $12,006.68 with Cigna — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Anthem | PathwayEssentials | $122.79 | — |
| Anthem | PathwayNSBP | $156.64 | — |
| Anthem | HMO | $250.63 | — |
| Anthem | PPO | $250.63 | — |
| Vail Health | COMM | $1,017.03 | — |
| Kaiser | KPIF | $1,338.19 | — |
| Kaiser | KPSelect | $1,338.19 | — |
| Kaiser | CommercialSmallGroupPlans | $1,338.19 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,385.03 | — |
| Kaiser | HMO | $1,967.15 | — |
| Bright Health | OON | $2,007.29 | — |
| Kaiser | PPO | $2,161.18 | — |
| Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs | HCP | $2,944.03 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefit | $3,010.94 | — |
| Aetna | Cofinity | $3,532.83 | — |
| Cigna | SureFitLeanBenefitPlans | $4,282.22 | — |
| Cigna | BroadLeanBenefitPlans | $4,282.22 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans | $4,282.22 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans | $4,282.22 | — |
| Western Plains Community Health | COMM | $4,349.13 | — |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK | $4,683.68 | — |
| NorthCare | COMM | $4,683.68 | — |
| Physician Health Partners | MCR | $4,683.68 | — |
| United | ColoradoDoctorsPlan | $4,864.82 | — |
| Pinnacol Workers Comp | WORKERSCOMP | $4,904.77 | — |
| Anthem | PAR | $4,951.32 | — |
| Multiplan | BeechStreetWorkersComp | $5,111.29 | — |
| Multiplan | WorkersComp | $5,111.29 | — |
| Medical Development International | COMM | $5,352.78 | — |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK | $5,687.32 | — |
| Multiplan | BeechStreetCOMMPPO | $6,021.87 | — |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $6,021.87 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $6,438.74 | — |
| Rocky Mountain Health Plan | AllPayerAppendix | $6,438.74 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-SBP | $7,624.24 | — |
| Cigna | SureFit | $8,854.93 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-NSBP | $9,575.33 | — |
| Cigna | Broad | $12,006.68 | — |
| Aetna | ExistingBusiness | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | NBR | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | ASA | not published by hospital | — |
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Vein x-ray kidney at other Colorado hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Fort Collins Medical Center | Fort Collins | $2,689.92 | $106.00 – $4,904.85 |
| Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus | Loveland | $1,817.38 | $112.00 – $4,904.85 |
| AdventHealth Porter | Denver | $8,013.49 | $127.07 – $6,161.93 |
| AdventHealth Littleton | Littleton | $8,013.49 | $127.07 – $6,161.93 |
| AdventHealth Avista | Louisville | $8,013.49 | $127.07 – $6,230.33 |
| AdventHealth Castle Rock | Castle Rock | $8,013.49 | $127.07 – $6,161.93 |
| AdventHealth Parker | Parker | $8,013.49 | $127.07 – $6,161.93 |
| HCA HealthONE AURORA | Aurora | not published | $122.79 – $6,933.86 |