Chest CT scan (with and without contrast) 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.
$141.79 with Anthem vs $9,406.72 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.
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 | PathwayEssentials | $141.79 | — |
| Anthem | PathwayNSBP | $180.89 | — |
| Pinnacol Workers Comp | WORKERSCOMP | $282.72 | — |
| Anthem | HMO | $289.42 | — |
| Anthem | PPO | $289.42 | — |
| Multiplan | BeechStreetWorkersComp | $294.62 | — |
| Multiplan | WorkersComp | $294.62 | — |
| United | ColoradoDoctorsPlan | $303.54 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $401.74 | — |
| Rocky Mountain Health Plan | AllPayerAppendix | $401.74 | — |
| Aetna | NBR | $1,164.00 | — |
| Aetna | ExistingBusiness | $1,419.00 | — |
| Vail Health | COMM | $1,588.69 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | $1,763.00 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $2,163.55 | — |
| Bright Health | OON | $3,135.57 | — |
| Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs | HCP | $4,389.80 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefit | $4,703.36 | — |
| Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) | COMM | $5,225.95 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans | $6,689.22 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans | $6,689.22 | — |
| Cigna | SureFitLeanBenefitPlans | $6,689.22 | — |
| Cigna | BroadLeanBenefitPlans | $6,689.22 | — |
| Western Plains Community Health | COMM | $6,793.74 | — |
| NorthCare | COMM | $7,316.34 | — |
| Physician Health Partners | MCR | $7,316.34 | — |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK | $7,316.34 | — |
| Anthem | PAR | $7,734.41 | — |
| Medical Development International | COMM | $8,361.53 | — |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK | $8,884.12 | — |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $9,406.72 | — |
| Multiplan | BeechStreetCOMMPPO | $9,406.72 | — |
| Aetna | Cofinity | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Chest CT scan (with and without contrast) at other Colorado hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Fort Collins Medical Center | Fort Collins | $535.65 | $173.54 – $1,308.15 |
| Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus | Loveland | $459.92 | $88.40 – $1,308.15 |
| Sterling Regional Medical Center | Sterling | $615.33 | $178.91 – $2,210.63 |
| East Morgan County Hospital | Brush | $1,358.28 | $59.42 – $136.77 |
| AdventHealth Porter | Denver | $7,422.35 | $181.33 – $342.30 |
| HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's | Denver | $8,888.00 | $141.79 – $401.74 |
| HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE | PARKER | $14,320.00 | $141.79 – $2,952.16 |
| AdventHealth Littleton | Littleton | $7,422.35 | $181.33 – $342.30 |