Surgical pathology level 5 gross & microscopic examination at AdventHealth Littleton
7700 S Broadway, Littleton, CO · AdventHealth · · NPI 1689688988
$2,283.57
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.
$2,283.57
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.
$370.56 with Unitedhealthcare vs $699.52 with Selecthealth — 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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| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $370.56 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $378.12 | ↓ -83% |
| Bcbs | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $381.90 | ↓ -83% |
| Bcbs | All Commercial Plans | $382.71 | ↓ -83% |
| Cigna | Healthspring Medicare Managed Care Plan | $385.68 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | Whole Health Other Commercial Plan | $386.35 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental Other Commercial Plan | $422.99 | ↓ -81% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Hmo/Ppo | $436.89 | ↓ -81% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Colorado Doctors Epo | $436.89 | ↓ -81% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Navigate/Core/Charter/Nexusaco Other Commercial Plan | $436.89 | ↓ -81% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select Colorado Other Commercial Plan | $436.89 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | Hmo/Ppo | $482.94 | ↓ -79% |
| Cigna | Local Plus Other Commercial Plan | $663.89 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | Open Choice Hmo/Ppo | $698.49 | ↓ -69% |
| Selecthealth | Hmo/Pos | $699.52 | ↓ -69% |
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Surgical pathology level 5 gross & microscopic examination at other Colorado hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner Fort Collins Medical Center | Fort Collins | $587.09 | $350.66 – $1,147.60 |
| Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus | Loveland | $509.78 | $310.46 – $1,147.60 |
| Sterling Regional Medical Center | Sterling | $353.97 | $200.32 – $696.46 |
| East Morgan County Hospital | Brush | $442.29 | $302.57 – $696.46 |
| AdventHealth Porter | Denver | $2,283.57 | $370.56 – $699.52 |
| HCA HealthONE AURORA | Aurora | $4,471.91 | $112.89 – $707.76 |
| CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE | DENVER | $1,131.00 | $96.37 – $707.76 |
| HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's | Denver | $4,312.50 | $134.92 – $707.76 |