Carcinoembryonic ag (cea) 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

$1,713.38

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.

$1,713.38

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.

$10.10 with Cigna vs $1,542.04 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 $10.10 ↓ -99%
Cigna SureFit $12.07 ↓ -99%
Cigna Connect-NSBP $13.31 ↓ -99%
Cigna Broad $16.63 ↓ -99%
Humana MCR $18.77 ↓ -99%
United MCR $18.87 ↓ -99%
Mutual of Omaha MCR $18.96 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MCRAdvantage $18.96 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring Medicare $18.96 ↓ -99%
Bright Health PFFS $18.96 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCRADVHMO $18.96 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCRADVPPO $18.96 ↓ -99%
Bright Health MCRSNP $18.96 ↓ -99%
Total LongTerm Care MCR $18.96 ↓ -99%
Bright Health MCRPOS $18.96 ↓ -99%
Bright Health MCRHMO $18.96 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $18.96 ↓ -99%
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $18.96 ↓ -99%
Bright Health DualEligible $18.96 ↓ -99%
Anthem BCBS MCR $18.96 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance FED $18.96 ↓ -99%
Bright Health MCRPPO $18.96 ↓ -99%
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $18.96 ↓ -99%
Rocky Mountain Health MGMCR $18.96 ↓ -99%
Kaiser MGMCR $19.34 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCR $19.53 ↓ -99%
Delaware Life Insurance MGMCR $19.91 ↓ -99%
Anthem PathwayEssentials $46.07 ↓ -97%
Anthem PathwayNSBP $58.78 ↓ -97%
Anthem PPO $90.06 ↓ -95%
Anthem HMO $90.06 ↓ -95%
Vail Health COMM $260.43 ↓ -85%
Kaiser KPSelect $342.68 ↓ -80%
Kaiser KPIF $342.68 ↓ -80%
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $342.68 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $354.67 ↓ -79%
Bright Health OON $514.01 ↓ -70%
Kaiser PPO $608.25 ↓ -64%
Kaiser HMO $608.25 ↓ -64%
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $719.62 ↓ -58%
United GlobalBenefit $771.02 ↓ -55%
Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) COMM $856.69 ↓ -50%
Aetna Cofinity $904.66 ↓ -47%
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $1,096.56 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $1,096.56 ↓ -36%
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $1,096.56 ↓ -36%
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $1,096.56 ↓ -36%
Western Plains Community Health COMM $1,113.70 ↓ -35%
Physician Health Partners MCR $1,199.37 ↓ -30%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $1,199.37 ↓ -30%
NorthCare COMM $1,199.37 ↓ -30%
Anthem PAR $1,267.90 ↓ -26%
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $1,285.04 ↓ -25%
Medical Development International COMM $1,370.70 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $1,456.37 ↓ -15%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $1,542.04 ↓ -10%
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $1,542.04 ↓ -10%
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ASA not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital

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Carcinoembryonic ag (cea) at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $74.68 $18.39 – $54.15
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $75.67 $14.65 – $54.15
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $108.57 $15.90 – $55.29
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $202.66 $24.02 – $55.29
AdventHealth Porter Denver $303.85 $18.58 – $35.08
CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE DENVER $884.00 $8.62 – $46.07
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver $421.50 $12.07 – $46.07
HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE Lone Tree $1,395.85 $10.84 – $46.07

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