Arthrocentesis/aspiration/inj major joint/bursa without Ultrasound guidance (both sides) at AdventHealth Avista
100 Health Park Dr, Louisville, CO · AdventHealth · · NPI 1891709192
$2,490.93
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.
$2,490.93
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.
$79.86 with Bcbs vs $3,176.00 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.
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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| Bcbs | All Commercial Plans | $79.86 | ↓ -97% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $320.84 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $327.39 | ↓ -87% |
| Bcbs | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $330.67 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | Healthspring Medicare Managed Care Plan | $333.94 | ↓ -87% |
| Selecthealth | Hmo/Pos | $605.68 | ↓ -76% |
| Archdiocese Of Denver | All Commercial Plans | $618.00 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | Whole Health Other Commercial Plan | $932.00 | ↓ -63% |
| Denver Public Schools | All Commercial Plans | $1,083.00 | ↓ -57% |
| Employers Health Network | All Commercial Plans | $1,083.00 | ↓ -57% |
| Centivo | All Commercial Plans | $1,083.00 | ↓ -57% |
| Cigna | Local Plus Other Commercial Plan | $1,121.00 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental Other Commercial Plan | $1,142.00 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | Hmo/Ppo | $1,165.00 | ↓ -53% |
| Cigna | Open Choice Hmo/Ppo | $1,205.00 | ↓ -52% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Colorado Doctors Epo | $2,108.00 | ↓ -15% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Navigate/Core/Charter/Nexusaco Other Commercial Plan | $2,464.00 | ↓ -1% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Hmo/Ppo | $2,738.00 | ↑ +10% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select Colorado Other Commercial Plan | $3,176.00 | ↑ +28% |
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Arthrocentesis/aspiration/inj major joint/bursa without Ultrasound guidance (both sides) at other Colorado hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner Fort Collins Medical Center | Fort Collins | $451.13 | $312.83 – $8,568.00 |
| Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus | Loveland | $511.82 | $196.09 – $8,568.00 |
| Sterling Regional Medical Center | Sterling | $521.42 | $227.66 – $791.52 |
| East Morgan County Hospital | Brush | $867.82 | $88.49 – $203.70 |
| AdventHealth Porter | Denver | $2,490.93 | $79.86 – $1,083.00 |
| AdventHealth Littleton | Littleton | $2,490.93 | $79.86 – $1,083.00 |
| AdventHealth Castle Rock | Castle Rock | $2,490.93 | $79.86 – $1,083.00 |
| AdventHealth Parker | Parker | $2,490.93 | $79.86 – $1,083.00 |