Ankle X-ray 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

$1,202.18

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.

$1,202.18

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.

$51.54 with Bcbs vs $182.03 with Unitedhealthcare — 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
Bcbs All Commercial Plans $51.54 ↓ -96%
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $89.97 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $91.80 ↓ -92%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $92.72 ↓ -92%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Managed Care Plan $93.64 ↓ -92%
Selecthealth Hmo/Pos $169.83 ↓ -86%
Unitedhealthcare Select Colorado Other Commercial Plan $182.03 ↓ -85%
Unitedhealthcare Navigate/Core/Charter/Nexusaco Other Commercial Plan $182.03 ↓ -85%
Unitedhealthcare Colorado Doctors Epo $182.03 ↓ -85%
Unitedhealthcare Hmo/Ppo $182.03 ↓ -85%

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Ankle X-ray at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $77.63 $61.09 – $153.00
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $52.45 $38.29 – $153.00
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $211.95 $131.41 – $456.87
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $312.74 $8.01 – $18.43
AdventHealth Porter Denver $1,202.18 $51.54 – $169.83
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $1,202.18 $51.54 – $171.72
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $1,202.18 $51.54 – $169.83
AdventHealth Parker Parker $1,202.18 $51.54 – $169.83

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