Alpha-fetoprotein tumor marker 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.

$8.94 with Cigna vs $1,024.11 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 $8.94
Cigna SureFit $10.68
Cigna Connect-NSBP $11.77
Cigna Broad $14.72
Humana MCR $16.60
United MCR $16.69
Mutual of Omaha MCR $16.77
Devoted Health MCRAdvantage $16.77
Cigna HealthSpring Medicare $16.77
Bright Health PFFS $16.77
Aetna MCRADVHMO $16.77
Aetna MCRADVPPO $16.77
Bright Health MCRSNP $16.77
Total LongTerm Care MCR $16.77
Bright Health MCRPOS $16.77
Bright Health MCRHMO $16.77
United AllPayerAppendix $16.77
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $16.77
Bright Health DualEligible $16.77
Anthem BCBS MCR $16.77
TriWest Health Alliance FED $16.77
Bright Health MCRPPO $16.77
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $16.77
Rocky Mountain Health MGMCR $16.77
Kaiser MGMCR $17.11
WellCare MCR $17.27
Delaware Life Insurance MGMCR $17.61
Anthem PathwayEssentials $40.75
Anthem PathwayNSBP $51.99
Anthem PPO $79.66
Anthem HMO $79.66
Vail Health COMM $172.96
Kaiser KPSelect $227.58
Kaiser KPIF $227.58
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $227.58
United OptionsPPO $235.55
Bright Health OON $341.37
Kaiser PPO $403.95
Kaiser HMO $403.95
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $477.92
United GlobalBenefit $512.06
Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) COMM $568.95
Aetna Cofinity $600.81
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $728.26
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $728.26
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $728.26
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $728.26
Western Plains Community Health COMM $739.63
Physician Health Partners MCR $796.53
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $796.53
NorthCare COMM $796.53
Anthem PAR $842.05
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $853.42
Medical Development International COMM $910.32
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $967.22
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $1,024.11
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $1,024.11
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ASA not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital

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Alpha-fetoprotein tumor marker at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $11.58 $16.27 – $48.45
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $11.73 $13.11 – $48.45
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $16.83 $14.23 – $49.47
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $31.42 $21.49 – $49.47
AdventHealth Porter Denver $481.50 $16.43 – $31.02
HCA HealthONE MOUNTAIN RIDGE Thornton $493.80 $7.96 – $40.75
HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION Denver $26.40 $16.60 – $17.61
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $481.50 $16.43 – $31.02

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