Surgical pathology level 6 gross & microscopic examination at AdventHealth Avista
100 Health Park Dr, Louisville, CO · AdventHealth · · NPI 1891709192
$4,803.71
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.
$4,803.71
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.
$532.17 with Bcbs vs $1,589.76 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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| Bcbs | All Commercial Plans | $532.17 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | Whole Health Other Commercial Plan | $546.08 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | Medical Rental Other Commercial Plan | $597.86 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | Hmo/Ppo | $682.60 | ↓ -86% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $842.14 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $859.33 | ↓ -82% |
| Bcbs | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $867.92 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna | Healthspring Medicare Managed Care Plan | $876.52 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna | Local Plus Other Commercial Plan | $946.51 | ↓ -80% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Hmo/Ppo | $984.23 | ↓ -80% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Colorado Doctors Epo | $984.23 | ↓ -80% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Navigate/Core/Charter/Nexusaco Other Commercial Plan | $984.23 | ↓ -80% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Select Colorado Other Commercial Plan | $984.23 | ↓ -80% |
| Cigna | Open Choice Hmo/Ppo | $995.84 | ↓ -79% |
| Selecthealth | Hmo/Pos | $1,589.76 | ↓ -67% |
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Surgical pathology level 6 gross & microscopic examination at other Colorado hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Fort Collins Medical Center | Fort Collins | $823.77 | $694.95 – $1,970.33 |
| Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus | Loveland | $715.29 | $435.62 – $1,972.80 |
| Sterling Regional Medical Center | Sterling | $795.70 | $450.31 – $1,565.58 |
| East Morgan County Hospital | Brush | $994.22 | $680.14 – $1,565.58 |
| AdventHealth Porter | Denver | $4,803.71 | $532.17 – $1,572.31 |
| HCA HealthONE AURORA | Aurora | $4,998.06 | $159.49 – $1,594.44 |
| CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE | DENVER | $2,404.00 | $136.15 – $1,594.44 |
| HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's | Denver | $6,189.75 | $190.61 – $1,594.44 |