Brace m arm board 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

$4,200.00

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.

$4,200.00

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.

$279.87 with Humana vs $3,780.00 with Multiplan — 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
Humana MCR $279.87 ↓ -93%
United MCR $281.29 ↓ -93%
TriWest Health Alliance FED $282.70 ↓ -93%
Total LongTerm Care MCR $282.70 ↓ -93%
Devoted Health MCRAdvantage $282.70 ↓ -93%
Aetna MCRADVHMO $282.70 ↓ -93%
Aetna MCRADVPPO $282.70 ↓ -93%
Bright Health PFFS $282.70 ↓ -93%
Rocky Mountain Health MGMCR $282.70 ↓ -93%
Mutual of Omaha MCR $282.70 ↓ -93%
Bright Health DualEligible $282.70 ↓ -93%
Cigna HealthSpring Medicare $282.70 ↓ -93%
Bright Health MCRHMO $282.70 ↓ -93%
Anthem BCBS MCR $282.70 ↓ -93%
Bright Health MCRSNP $282.70 ↓ -93%
Bright Health MCRPPO $282.70 ↓ -93%
Bright Health MCRPOS $282.70 ↓ -93%
Kaiser MGMCR $288.35 ↓ -93%
WellCare MCR $291.18 ↓ -93%
Delaware Life Insurance MGMCR $296.83 ↓ -93%
Vail Health COMM $638.40 ↓ -85%
Kaiser KPIF $840.00 ↓ -80%
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $840.00 ↓ -80%
Kaiser KPSelect $840.00 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $869.40 ↓ -79%
Cigna Connect-SBP $907.20 ↓ -78%
Cigna SureFit $1,066.80 ↓ -75%
Cigna Connect-NSBP $1,087.80 ↓ -74%
Bright Health OON $1,260.00 ↓ -70%
Aetna NBR $1,369.20 ↓ -67%
Kaiser HMO $1,491.00 ↓ -65%
Cigna Broad $1,491.00 ↓ -65%
Kaiser PPO $1,491.00 ↓ -65%
Aetna ExistingBusiness $1,667.40 ↓ -60%
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $1,764.00 ↓ -58%
United GlobalBenefit $1,890.00 ↓ -55%
Aetna ASA $2,003.40 ↓ -52%
Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) COMM $2,100.00 ↓ -50%
Aetna Cofinity $2,217.60 ↓ -47%
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $2,688.00 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $2,688.00 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $2,688.00 ↓ -36%
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $2,688.00 ↓ -36%
Western Plains Community Health COMM $2,730.00 ↓ -35%
NorthCare COMM $2,940.00 ↓ -30%
Physician Health Partners MCR $2,940.00 ↓ -30%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $2,940.00 ↓ -30%
Anthem PAR $3,108.00 ↓ -26%
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $3,150.00 ↓ -25%
Medical Development International COMM $3,360.00 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $3,570.00 ↓ -15%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $3,780.00 ↓ -10%
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $3,780.00 ↓ -10%

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