Biopsy external ear 69100 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

$605.74

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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$605.74

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.

$81.70 with Bcbs vs $3,281.00 with Employers Health Network — 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 $81.70 ↓ -87%
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $244.85 ↓ -60%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $249.85 ↓ -59%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $252.35 ↓ -58%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Managed Care Plan $254.85 ↓ -58%
Selecthealth Hmo/Pos $462.22 ↓ -24%
Unitedhealthcare Colorado Doctors Epo $678.00 ↑ +12%
Unitedhealthcare Navigate/Core/Charter/Nexusaco Other Commercial Plan $793.00 ↑ +31%
Unitedhealthcare Hmo/Ppo $881.00 ↑ +45%
Unitedhealthcare Select Colorado Other Commercial Plan $1,022.00 ↑ +69%
Cigna Local Plus Other Commercial Plan $1,121.00 ↑ +85%
Cigna Open Choice Hmo/Ppo $1,205.00 ↑ +99%
Archdiocese Of Denver All Commercial Plans $1,843.00 ↑ +204%
Aetna Whole Health Other Commercial Plan $2,551.00 ↑ +321%
Aetna Medical Rental Other Commercial Plan $2,613.00 ↑ +331%
Aetna Hmo/Ppo $3,189.00 ↑ +426%
Centivo All Commercial Plans $3,281.00 ↑ +442%
Denver Public Schools All Commercial Plans $3,281.00 ↑ +442%
Employers Health Network All Commercial Plans $3,281.00 ↑ +442%

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Biopsy external ear 69100 at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
AdventHealth Porter Denver $605.74 $81.70 – $3,281.00
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $605.74 $81.70 – $3,281.00
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $605.74 $81.70 – $3,281.00
AdventHealth Parker Parker $605.74 $81.70 – $3,281.00
HCA HealthONE AURORA Aurora not published $375.86 – $391.68
CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE DENVER not published $375.86 – $391.68
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver not published $375.86 – $391.68
HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE Lone Tree not published $375.86 – $391.68

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