Carbon dioxide 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.

$2.60 with Cigna vs $468.36 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
Cigna Connect-SBP $2.60
Cigna SureFit $3.11
Cigna Connect-NSBP $3.42
Cigna Broad $4.28
Humana MCR $4.83
United MCR $4.86
Bright Health MCRPOS $4.88
United AllPayerAppendix $4.88
Devoted Health MCRAdvantage $4.88
Aetna MCRADVPPO $4.88
Rocky Mountain Health MGMCR $4.88
Mutual of Omaha MCR $4.88
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $4.88
Cigna HealthSpring Medicare $4.88
Bright Health PFFS $4.88
Bright Health MCRSNP $4.88
Bright Health MCRPPO $4.88
Anthem BCBS MCR $4.88
Bright Health DualEligible $4.88
Bright Health MCRHMO $4.88
TriWest Health Alliance FED $4.88
Total LongTerm Care MCR $4.88
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $4.88
Aetna MCRADVHMO $4.88
Kaiser MGMCR $4.98
WellCare MCR $5.03
Delaware Life Insurance MGMCR $5.12
Anthem PathwayEssentials $11.86
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $13.39
Multiplan BeechStreetWorkersComp $13.96
Multiplan WorkersComp $13.96
Anthem PathwayNSBP $15.13
Anthem PPO $23.18
Anthem HMO $23.18
Vail Health COMM $79.10
Kaiser KPIF $104.08
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $104.08
Kaiser KPSelect $104.08
United OptionsPPO $107.72
Bright Health OON $156.12
Kaiser PPO $184.74
Kaiser HMO $184.74
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $218.57
United GlobalBenefit $234.18
Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) COMM $260.20
Aetna Cofinity $274.77
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $333.06
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $333.06
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $333.06
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $333.06
Western Plains Community Health COMM $338.26
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $364.28
NorthCare COMM $364.28
Physician Health Partners MCR $364.28
Anthem PAR $385.10
Medical Development International COMM $416.32
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $442.34
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $468.36
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $468.36
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital
Aetna ASA not published by hospital

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Carbon dioxide at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $3.41 $4.73 – $14.25
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $30.13 $3.85 – $14.25
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $15.84 $4.88 – $46.56
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $29.57 $20.23 – $46.56
AdventHealth Porter Denver $139.10 $4.78 – $9.03
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver $277.00 $3.11 – $13.96
HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION Denver $164.05 $4.83 – $13.96
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $139.10 $4.78 – $9.03

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