Acetylcysteine non-comp unit at HCA HealthONE AURORA

1501 S. Potomac Street, Aurora, CO · HCA HealthONE · · NPI 1659327013

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 9, 2026

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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.

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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.

$9.55 with Cigna vs $65.59 with Multiplan — 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
Cigna SureFit $9.55
Cigna Connect-NSBP $9.55
Cigna Broad $9.55
Vail Health COMM $11.08
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $13.96
Cigna Connect-SBP $14.07
Kaiser KPIF $14.58
Kaiser KPSelect $14.58
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $14.58
United OptionsPPO $15.09
Bright Health OON $21.86
Aetna MCRADVHMO $21.86
Aetna MCRADVPPO $21.86
United AllPayerAppendix $25.38
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $25.38
Kaiser HMO $25.87
Kaiser PPO $25.87
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $30.61
United GlobalBenefit $32.80
Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) COMM $36.44
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $46.64
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $46.64
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $46.64
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $46.64
Western Plains Community Health COMM $47.37
NorthCare COMM $51.02
Physician Health Partners MCR $51.02
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $51.02
Anthem PAR $53.93
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $54.66
TriWest Health Alliance FED $58.30
Medical Development International COMM $58.30
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $61.95
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $65.59
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $65.59
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital
Aetna ASA not published by hospital

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Acetylcysteine non-comp unit at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
AdventHealth Porter Denver not published $8.92 – $15.80
CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE DENVER not published $9.55 – $25.38
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver not published $9.55 – $13.96
HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE Lone Tree not published $9.55 – $25.38
HCA HealthONE BELMAR ER, A PART OF SWEDISH LAKEWOOD not published $9.55 – $25.38
HCA HealthONE MOUNTAIN RIDGE Thornton not published $9.55 – $25.38
HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION Denver not published $13.96 – $25.38
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton not published $8.92 – $15.80

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