_afb id by dna probe rflx ast 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

$245.53

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.

$245.53

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.

$10.68 with Cigna vs $220.98 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 Connect-SBP $10.68 ↓ -96%
Cigna SureFit $12.77 ↓ -95%
Cigna Connect-NSBP $14.07 ↓ -94%
Cigna Broad $17.59 ↓ -93%
Humana MCR $19.85 ↓ -92%
United MCR $19.95 ↓ -92%
Mutual of Omaha MCR $20.05 ↓ -92%
Devoted Health MCRAdvantage $20.05 ↓ -92%
Cigna HealthSpring Medicare $20.05 ↓ -92%
Bright Health PFFS $20.05 ↓ -92%
Aetna MCRADVHMO $20.05 ↓ -92%
Aetna MCRADVPPO $20.05 ↓ -92%
Bright Health MCRSNP $20.05 ↓ -92%
Total LongTerm Care MCR $20.05 ↓ -92%
Bright Health MCRPOS $20.05 ↓ -92%
Bright Health MCRHMO $20.05 ↓ -92%
United AllPayerAppendix $20.05 ↓ -92%
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $20.05 ↓ -92%
Bright Health DualEligible $20.05 ↓ -92%
Anthem BCBS MCR $20.05 ↓ -92%
TriWest Health Alliance FED $20.05 ↓ -92%
Bright Health MCRPPO $20.05 ↓ -92%
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $20.05 ↓ -92%
Rocky Mountain Health MGMCR $20.05 ↓ -92%
Kaiser MGMCR $20.45 ↓ -92%
WellCare MCR $20.65 ↓ -92%
Delaware Life Insurance MGMCR $21.05 ↓ -91%
Vail Health COMM $37.32 ↓ -85%
Anthem PathwayEssentials $48.72 ↓ -80%
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $49.11 ↓ -80%
Kaiser KPIF $49.11 ↓ -80%
Kaiser KPSelect $49.11 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $50.82 ↓ -79%
Anthem PathwayNSBP $62.16 ↓ -75%
Bright Health OON $73.66 ↓ -70%
Kaiser HMO $87.16 ↓ -65%
Kaiser PPO $87.16 ↓ -65%
Anthem PPO $95.24 ↓ -61%
Anthem HMO $95.24 ↓ -61%
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $103.12 ↓ -58%
United GlobalBenefit $110.49 ↓ -55%
Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) COMM $122.77 ↓ -50%
Aetna Cofinity $129.64 ↓ -47%
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $157.14 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $157.14 ↓ -36%
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $157.14 ↓ -36%
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $157.14 ↓ -36%
Western Plains Community Health COMM $159.59 ↓ -35%
Physician Health Partners MCR $171.87 ↓ -30%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $171.87 ↓ -30%
NorthCare COMM $171.87 ↓ -30%
Anthem PAR $181.69 ↓ -26%
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $184.15 ↓ -25%
Medical Development International COMM $196.42 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $208.70 ↓ -15%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $220.98 ↓ -10%
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $220.98 ↓ -10%
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ASA not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital

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