Biopsy needle lymph node superficial at AdventHealth Avista

100 Health Park Dr, Louisville, CO · AdventHealth · · NPI 1891709192

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

$4,904.02

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.

$4,904.02

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.

$150.57 with Bcbs vs $3,258.92 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.

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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 $150.57 ↓ -97%
Archdiocese Of Denver All Commercial Plans $618.00 ↓ -87%
Aetna Whole Health Other Commercial Plan $932.00 ↓ -81%
Denver Public Schools All Commercial Plans $1,083.00 ↓ -78%
Centivo All Commercial Plans $1,083.00 ↓ -78%
Employers Health Network All Commercial Plans $1,083.00 ↓ -78%
Cigna Local Plus Other Commercial Plan $1,121.00 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medical Rental Other Commercial Plan $1,142.00 ↓ -77%
Aetna Hmo/Ppo $1,165.00 ↓ -76%
Cigna Open Choice Hmo/Ppo $1,205.00 ↓ -75%
Unitedhealthcare Colorado Doctors Epo $1,356.00 ↓ -72%
Unitedhealthcare Navigate/Core/Charter/Nexusaco Other Commercial Plan $1,585.00 ↓ -68%
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,726.35 ↓ -65%
Unitedhealthcare Hmo/Ppo $1,761.00 ↓ -64%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,761.58 ↓ -64%
Bcbs Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,779.20 ↓ -64%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Managed Care Plan $1,796.81 ↓ -63%
Unitedhealthcare Select Colorado Other Commercial Plan $2,043.00 ↓ -58%
Selecthealth Hmo/Pos $3,258.92 ↓ -34%

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Biopsy needle lymph node superficial at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $1,392.40 $965.96 – $8,568.00
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $1,579.70 $605.49 – $8,568.00
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $1,503.78 $656.49 – $2,282.41
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $2,502.77 $61.52 – $141.62
AdventHealth Porter Denver $4,904.02 $150.57 – $3,223.15
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $4,904.02 $150.57 – $3,223.15
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $4,904.02 $150.57 – $3,223.15
AdventHealth Parker Parker $4,904.02 $150.57 – $3,223.15

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