Microdissection laser 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

$906.35

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.

$906.35

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.

$118.29 with Unitedhealthcare vs $266.06 with Cigna — 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
Unitedhealthcare Hmo/Ppo $118.29 ↓ -87%
Unitedhealthcare Colorado Doctors Epo $118.29 ↓ -87%
Unitedhealthcare Navigate/Core/Charter/Nexusaco Other Commercial Plan $118.29 ↓ -87%
Unitedhealthcare Select Colorado Other Commercial Plan $118.29 ↓ -87%
Aetna Whole Health Other Commercial Plan $130.97 ↓ -86%
Bcbs All Commercial Plans $137.40 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medical Rental Other Commercial Plan $143.39 ↓ -84%
Aetna Hmo/Ppo $163.71 ↓ -82%
Cigna Local Plus Other Commercial Plan $252.88 ↓ -72%
Cigna Open Choice Hmo/Ppo $266.06 ↓ -71%

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Microdissection laser at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $206.55 $174.25 – $697.01
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $179.35 $109.22 – $697.01
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $99.59 $56.36 – $195.94
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $124.43 $85.12 – $195.94
AdventHealth Porter Denver $906.35 $118.29 – $252.88
CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE DENVER $1,972.00 $32.69 – $191.63
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver $1,316.50 $45.77 – $191.63
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $906.35 $118.29 – $252.88

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