Barium Swallow (Esophagus X-ray) at HCA HealthONE AURORA
1501 S. Potomac Street, Aurora, CO · HCA HealthONE · · NPI 1659327013
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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.
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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.
$66.25 with Anthem vs $726.88 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 |
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| Anthem | PathwayEssentialsStandard | $66.25 | — |
| Anthem | PathwaySBP | $75.27 | — |
| Vail Health | COMM | $117.75 | — |
| Anthem | HMO | $139.82 | — |
| Anthem | PPO | $139.82 | — |
| Kaiser | KPIF | $154.94 | — |
| Kaiser | KPSelect | $154.94 | — |
| Kaiser | CommercialSmallGroupPlans | $154.94 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $160.36 | — |
| Bright Health | OON | $232.41 | — |
| WPPA | UnifiedHealthPlan | $232.41 | — |
| Kaiser | HMO | $275.01 | — |
| Kaiser | PPO | $275.01 | — |
| Pinnacol Workers Comp | WORKERSCOMP | $282.72 | — |
| Multiplan | WorkersComp | $294.62 | — |
| Multiplan | BeechStreetWorkersComp | $294.62 | — |
| United | ColoradoDoctorsPlan | $303.54 | — |
| Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs | HCP | $325.37 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefit | $348.61 | — |
| Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) | COMM | $387.35 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $401.74 | — |
| Rocky Mountain Health Plan | AllPayerAppendix | $401.74 | — |
| Aetna | Cofinity | $405.16 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-SBP | $419.77 | — |
| WPPA | OutofServiceArea | $464.81 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans | $495.80 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans | $495.80 | — |
| Cigna | BroadLeanBenefitPlans | $495.80 | — |
| Cigna | SureFitLeanBenefitPlans | $495.80 | — |
| Western Plains Community Health | COMM | $503.55 | — |
| Cigna | SureFit | $536.07 | — |
| Physician Health Partners | MCR | $542.28 | — |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK | $542.28 | — |
| NorthCare | COMM | $542.28 | — |
| Anthem | PAR | $573.27 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-NSBP | $579.69 | — |
| Medical Development International | COMM | $619.75 | — |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK | $658.49 | — |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $697.22 | — |
| Multiplan | BeechStreetCOMMPPO | $697.22 | — |
| Cigna | Broad | $726.88 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Barium Swallow (Esophagus X-ray) at other Colorado hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner Fort Collins Medical Center | Fort Collins | $188.60 | $106.00 – $429.38 |
| Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus | Loveland | $127.42 | $93.03 – $429.91 |
| Sterling Regional Medical Center | Sterling | $196.65 | $121.92 – $423.89 |
| East Morgan County Hospital | Brush | $290.17 | $26.13 – $60.14 |
| AdventHealth Porter | Denver | $1,763.36 | $124.74 – $342.30 |
| HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE | PARKER | $2,247.00 | $69.35 – $836.62 |
| HCA HealthONE MOUNTAIN RIDGE | Thornton | $3,568.64 | $64.56 – $401.74 |
| AdventHealth Littleton | Littleton | $1,763.36 | $124.74 – $342.30 |