Aluminum - quest at AdventHealth Littleton

7700 S Broadway, Littleton, CO · AdventHealth · · NPI 1689688988

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$383.48

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.

$383.48

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.

$24.97 with Unitedhealthcare vs $86.14 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.

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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
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $24.97 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $25.48 ↓ -93%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $25.73 ↓ -93%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Managed Care Plan $25.99 ↓ -93%
Unitedhealthcare Select Colorado Other Commercial Plan $38.22 ↓ -90%
Unitedhealthcare Hmo/Ppo $38.22 ↓ -90%
Unitedhealthcare Navigate/Core/Charter/Nexusaco Other Commercial Plan $38.22 ↓ -90%
Unitedhealthcare Colorado Doctors Epo $38.22 ↓ -90%
Bcbs All Commercial Plans $42.88 ↓ -89%
Aetna Whole Health Other Commercial Plan $44.34 ↓ -88%
Denver Public Schools All Commercial Plans $44.59 ↓ -88%
Centivo All Commercial Plans $44.59 ↓ -88%
Employers Health Network All Commercial Plans $44.59 ↓ -88%
Selecthealth Hmo/Pos $47.14 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medical Rental Other Commercial Plan $48.54 ↓ -87%
Aetna Hmo/Ppo $55.42 ↓ -86%
Cigna Local Plus Other Commercial Plan $81.88 ↓ -79%
Cigna Open Choice Hmo/Ppo $86.14 ↓ -78%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $17.48 $24.72 – $73.15
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $17.71 $19.79 – $73.15
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $25.41 $21.48 – $74.69
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AdventHealth Porter Denver $383.48 $24.97 – $47.14
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