Alprostadil for injection 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

$3,555.60

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.

$3,555.60

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.

$0.79 with United vs $3,200.04 with Prime Health — 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
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $0.79 ↓ -100%
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $1.44 ↓ -100%
United AllPayerAppendix $1.44 ↓ -100%
Vail Health COMM $540.45 ↓ -85%
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $711.12 ↓ -80%
Kaiser KPSelect $711.12 ↓ -80%
Kaiser KPIF $711.12 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $736.01 ↓ -79%
Cigna Connect-SBP $768.01 ↓ -78%
Cigna SureFit $903.12 ↓ -75%
Cigna Connect-NSBP $920.90 ↓ -74%
Aetna MCRADVHMO $1,066.68 ↓ -70%
Bright Health OON $1,066.68 ↓ -70%
Aetna MCRADVPPO $1,066.68 ↓ -70%
Kaiser PPO $1,262.24 ↓ -64%
Kaiser HMO $1,262.24 ↓ -64%
Cigna Broad $1,262.24 ↓ -64%
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $1,493.35 ↓ -58%
United GlobalBenefit $1,600.02 ↓ -55%
Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) COMM $1,777.80 ↓ -50%
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $2,275.58 ↓ -36%
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $2,275.58 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $2,275.58 ↓ -36%
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $2,275.58 ↓ -36%
Western Plains Community Health COMM $2,311.14 ↓ -35%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $2,488.92 ↓ -30%
NorthCare COMM $2,488.92 ↓ -30%
Physician Health Partners MCR $2,488.92 ↓ -30%
Anthem PAR $2,631.14 ↓ -26%
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $2,666.70 ↓ -25%
Medical Development International COMM $2,844.48 ↓ -20%
TriWest Health Alliance FED $2,844.48 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $3,022.26 ↓ -15%
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $3,200.04 ↓ -10%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $3,200.04 ↓ -10%
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital
Aetna ASA not published by hospital
Aetna NBR not published by hospital

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Alprostadil for injection at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE DENVER $2,120.00 $0.79 – $1.44
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HCA HealthONE BELMAR ER, A PART OF SWEDISH LAKEWOOD $2,720.42 $0.79 – $1.44
HCA HealthONE MOUNTAIN RIDGE Thornton $2,890.93 $0.79 – $1.44
HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION Denver $1,789.79 $0.79 – $1.44
AdventHealth Porter Denver not published $16.49 – $19.22

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