Amniotic fluid scan 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

$2,442.53

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.

$2,442.53

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.

$4.99 with Cigna vs $2,198.28 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
Cigna Connect-SBP $4.99 ↓ -100%
Cigna SureFit $5.96 ↓ -100%
Cigna Connect-NSBP $6.57 ↓ -100%
Cigna Broad $8.21 ↓ -100%
Humana MCR $9.26 ↓ -100%
United MCR $9.30 ↓ -100%
Aetna MCRADVHMO $9.35 ↓ -100%
Aetna MCRADVPPO $9.35 ↓ -100%
Mutual of Omaha MCR $9.35 ↓ -100%
Devoted Health MCRAdvantage $9.35 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring Medicare $9.35 ↓ -100%
Bright Health PFFS $9.35 ↓ -100%
Bright Health MCRSNP $9.35 ↓ -100%
Bright Health MCRPPO $9.35 ↓ -100%
United AllPayerAppendix $9.35 ↓ -100%
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $9.35 ↓ -100%
Bright Health MCRPOS $9.35 ↓ -100%
Bright Health MCRHMO $9.35 ↓ -100%
TriWest Health Alliance FED $9.35 ↓ -100%
Total LongTerm Care MCR $9.35 ↓ -100%
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $9.35 ↓ -100%
Rocky Mountain Health MGMCR $9.35 ↓ -100%
Bright Health DualEligible $9.35 ↓ -100%
Anthem BCBS MCR $9.35 ↓ -100%
Kaiser MGMCR $9.54 ↓ -100%
WellCare MCR $9.63 ↓ -100%
Delaware Life Insurance MGMCR $9.82 ↓ -100%
Anthem PathwayEssentials $22.72 ↓ -99%
Anthem PathwayNSBP $28.98 ↓ -99%
Anthem HMO $44.41 ↓ -98%
Anthem PPO $44.41 ↓ -98%
Vail Health COMM $371.26 ↓ -85%
Kaiser KPSelect $488.51 ↓ -80%
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $488.51 ↓ -80%
Kaiser KPIF $488.51 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $505.60 ↓ -79%
Bright Health OON $732.76 ↓ -70%
Kaiser PPO $867.10 ↓ -64%
Kaiser HMO $867.10 ↓ -64%
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $1,025.86 ↓ -58%
United GlobalBenefit $1,099.14 ↓ -55%
Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) COMM $1,221.27 ↓ -50%
Aetna Cofinity $1,289.66 ↓ -47%
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $1,563.22 ↓ -36%
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $1,563.22 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $1,563.22 ↓ -36%
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $1,563.22 ↓ -36%
Western Plains Community Health COMM $1,587.64 ↓ -35%
Physician Health Partners MCR $1,709.77 ↓ -30%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $1,709.77 ↓ -30%
NorthCare COMM $1,709.77 ↓ -30%
Anthem PAR $1,807.47 ↓ -26%
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $1,831.90 ↓ -25%
Medical Development International COMM $1,954.02 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $2,076.15 ↓ -15%
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $2,198.28 ↓ -10%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $2,198.28 ↓ -10%
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital
Aetna ASA not published by hospital
Aetna NBR not published by hospital

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AdventHealth Porter Denver not published $9.16 – $17.30
HCA HealthONE MOUNTAIN RIDGE Thornton not published $4.44 – $22.72
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AdventHealth Littleton Littleton not published $9.16 – $17.30
AdventHealth Avista Louisville not published $9.16 – $17.30
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock not published $9.16 – $17.30
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