Amino acid single qual 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.

$7.56 with Cigna vs $67.36 with Anthem — 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 $7.56
Cigna SureFit $9.04
Cigna Connect-NSBP $9.96
Cigna Broad $12.45
Humana MCR $14.04
United MCR $14.11
TriWest Health Alliance FED $14.18
Bright Health MCRPOS $14.18
Bright Health MCRPPO $14.18
Bright Health MCRSNP $14.18
Bright Health PFFS $14.18
Cigna HealthSpring Medicare $14.18
Mutual of Omaha MCR $14.18
Rocky Mountain Health MGMCR $14.18
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $14.18
Total LongTerm Care MCR $14.18
Devoted Health MCRAdvantage $14.18
Aetna MCRADVHMO $14.18
Aetna MCRADVPPO $14.18
United AllPayerAppendix $14.18
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $14.18
Anthem BCBS MCR $14.18
Bright Health DualEligible $14.18
Bright Health MCRHMO $14.18
Kaiser MGMCR $14.46
WellCare MCR $14.61
Delaware Life Insurance MGMCR $14.89
Anthem PathwayEssentials $34.46
Anthem PathwayNSBP $43.96
Anthem PPO $67.36
Anthem HMO $67.36
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital
Aetna ASA not published by hospital

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Amino acid single qual at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
AdventHealth Porter Denver not published $13.90 – $26.23
CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE DENVER not published $6.45 – $34.46
HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE Lone Tree not published $8.11 – $34.46
HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE PARKER not published $8.11 – $78.66
HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION Denver not published $14.04 – $14.89
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton not published $13.90 – $26.23
AdventHealth Avista Louisville not published $13.90 – $26.23
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock not published $13.90 – $26.23

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