Cholesterol body fluid 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.
$16.55 with Vail Health vs $98.01 with Prime Health — 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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| Vail Health | COMM | $16.55 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-SBP | $18.85 | — |
| Kaiser | CommercialSmallGroupPlans | $21.78 | — |
| Kaiser | KPIF | $21.78 | — |
| Kaiser | KPSelect | $21.78 | — |
| Cigna | SureFit | $22.53 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $22.54 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-NSBP | $24.83 | — |
| Cigna | Broad | $31.04 | — |
| Aetna | MCRADVPPO | $32.67 | — |
| Aetna | MCRADVHMO | $32.67 | — |
| Bright Health | OON | $32.67 | — |
| Kaiser | HMO | $38.66 | — |
| Kaiser | PPO | $38.66 | — |
| Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs | HCP | $45.74 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefit | $49.01 | — |
| Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) | COMM | $54.45 | — |
| Aetna | Cofinity | $57.50 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans | $69.70 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans | $69.70 | — |
| Cigna | SureFitLeanBenefitPlans | $69.70 | — |
| Cigna | BroadLeanBenefitPlans | $69.70 | — |
| Western Plains Community Health | COMM | $70.78 | — |
| NorthCare | COMM | $76.23 | — |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK | $76.23 | — |
| Physician Health Partners | MCR | $76.23 | — |
| Anthem | PAR | $80.59 | — |
| Pinnacol Workers Comp | WORKERSCOMP | $81.67 | — |
| Medical Development International | COMM | $87.12 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | FED | $87.12 | — |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK | $92.56 | — |
| Multiplan | BeechStreetCOMMPPO | $98.01 | — |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $98.01 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | NBR | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | ExistingBusiness | not published by hospital | — |
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Cholesterol body fluid at other Colorado hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner Fort Collins Medical Center | Fort Collins | $96.48 | $20.91 – $48.45 |
| Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus | Loveland | $15.64 | $13.11 – $48.45 |
| Sterling Regional Medical Center | Sterling | $22.44 | $14.23 – $49.47 |
| East Morgan County Hospital | Brush | $41.89 | $21.49 – $49.47 |
| AdventHealth Porter | Denver | $839.54 | $70.58 – $70.58 |
| HCA HealthONE MOUNTAIN RIDGE | Thornton | $653.38 | $16.78 – $16.78 |
| AdventHealth Littleton | Littleton | $839.54 | $70.58 – $70.58 |
| AdventHealth Avista | Louisville | $839.54 | $70.58 – $70.58 |