Artery x-rays spine at HCA HealthONE AURORA
1501 S. Potomac Street, Aurora, CO · HCA HealthONE · · NPI 1659327013
$15,180.45
Cash price 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.
$15,180.45
Gross charge 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.
$298.02 with Anthem vs $20,715.72 with Cigna — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anthem | PathwayEssentials | $298.02 | ↓ -98% |
| Anthem | PathwayNSBP | $380.18 | ↓ -97% |
| Anthem | PPO | $608.29 | ↓ -96% |
| Anthem | HMO | $608.29 | ↓ -96% |
| Vail Health | COMM | $2,307.43 | ↓ -85% |
| Kaiser | KPSelect | $3,036.09 | ↓ -80% |
| Kaiser | CommercialSmallGroupPlans | $3,036.09 | ↓ -80% |
| Kaiser | KPIF | $3,036.09 | ↓ -80% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $3,142.35 | ↓ -79% |
| Bright Health | OON | $4,554.14 | ↓ -70% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $5,389.06 | ↓ -64% |
| Kaiser | HMO | $5,389.06 | ↓ -64% |
| Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs | HCP | $6,375.79 | ↓ -58% |
| United | GlobalBenefit | $6,831.20 | ↓ -55% |
| Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) | COMM | $7,590.23 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | Cofinity | $8,015.28 | ↓ -47% |
| United | ColoradoDoctorsPlan | $8,109.63 | ↓ -47% |
| Pinnacol Workers Comp | WORKERSCOMP | $8,456.01 | ↓ -44% |
| Multiplan | BeechStreetWorkersComp | $8,812.05 | ↓ -42% |
| Multiplan | WorkersComp | $8,812.05 | ↓ -42% |
| Cigna | SureFitLeanBenefitPlans | $9,715.49 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | BroadLeanBenefitPlans | $9,715.49 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans | $9,715.49 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans | $9,715.49 | ↓ -36% |
| Western Plains Community Health | COMM | $9,867.29 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK | $10,626.32 | ↓ -30% |
| NorthCare | COMM | $10,626.32 | ↓ -30% |
| Physician Health Partners | MCR | $10,626.32 | ↓ -30% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $10,733.33 | ↓ -29% |
| Rocky Mountain Health Plan | AllPayerAppendix | $10,733.33 | ↓ -29% |
| Anthem | PAR | $11,233.53 | ↓ -26% |
| Cigna | Connect-SBP | $11,963.33 | ↓ -21% |
| Medical Development International | COMM | $12,144.36 | ↓ -20% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK | $12,903.38 | ↓ -15% |
| Multiplan | BeechStreetCOMMPPO | $13,662.41 | ↓ -10% |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $13,662.41 | ↓ -10% |
| Cigna | SureFit | $15,277.84 | ↑ +1% |
| Cigna | Connect-NSBP | $16,520.79 | ↑ +9% |
| Cigna | Broad | $20,715.72 | ↑ +36% |
| Aetna | NBR | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | ASA | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | ExistingBusiness | not published by hospital | — |
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Artery x-rays spine at other Colorado hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus | Loveland | $1,906.41 | $112.00 – $13,054.63 |
| AdventHealth Porter | Denver | $10,192.43 | $257.36 – $10,859.29 |
| HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE | PARKER | $18,759.00 | $298.02 – $12,895.54 |
| HCA HealthONE BELMAR ER, A PART OF SWEDISH | LAKEWOOD | $16,557.50 | $298.02 – $13,154.48 |
| HCA HealthONE MOUNTAIN RIDGE | Thornton | $10,006.22 | $298.02 – $10,733.33 |
| AdventHealth Littleton | Littleton | $10,192.43 | $257.36 – $10,859.29 |
| AdventHealth Avista | Louisville | $10,192.43 | $257.36 – $10,979.82 |
| AdventHealth Castle Rock | Castle Rock | $10,192.43 | $257.36 – $10,859.29 |