Video Swallow Study (Modified Barium Swallow) 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.

$59.76 with Anthem vs $3,535.42 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 $59.76 —
Anthem PathwaySBP $63.28 —
Anthem PPO $124.55 —
Anthem HMO $124.55 —
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 —
Cigna Connect-NSBP $579.69 —
Vail Health COMM $597.09 —
Cigna Broad $726.88 —
Kaiser KPIF $785.65 —
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $785.65 —
Kaiser KPSelect $785.65 —
United OptionsPPO $813.15 —
Kaiser HMO $1,154.90 —
Bright Health OON $1,178.47 —
WPPA UnifiedHealthPlan $1,178.47 —
Kaiser PPO $1,268.82 —
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $1,728.43 —
United GlobalBenefit $1,767.71 —
Aetna Cofinity $2,054.47 —
WPPA OutofServiceArea $2,356.94 —
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $2,514.07 —
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $2,514.07 —
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $2,514.07 —
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $2,514.07 —
Western Plains Community Health COMM $2,553.36 —
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $2,749.77 —
Physician Health Partners MCR $2,749.77 —
NorthCare COMM $2,749.77 —
Anthem PAR $2,906.90 —
Medical Development International COMM $3,142.59 —
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $3,339.00 —
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $3,535.42 —
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $3,535.42 —

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Video Swallow Study (Modified Barium Swallow) 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 $276.75 $171.59 – $596.55
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $408.36 $23.18 – $53.35
AdventHealth Porter Denver $2,014.84 $178.25 – $342.30
HCA HealthONE MOUNTAIN RIDGE Thornton $3,437.49 $57.50 – $401.74
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $2,014.84 $178.25 – $342.30
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $2,014.84 $178.25 – $346.10

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