Cold agglutinin screen (arc) 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

$816.19

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.

$816.19

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.

$4.30 with Cigna vs $734.57 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.

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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 $4.30 ↓ -99%
Cigna SureFit $5.14 ↓ -99%
Cigna Connect-NSBP $5.67 ↓ -99%
Cigna Broad $7.09 ↓ -99%
Humana MCR $7.99 ↓ -99%
United MCR $8.03 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance FED $8.07 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCRADVHMO $8.07 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCRADVPPO $8.07 ↓ -99%
Total LongTerm Care MCR $8.07 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MCRAdvantage $8.07 ↓ -99%
Bright Health MCRHMO $8.07 ↓ -99%
Bright Health DualEligible $8.07 ↓ -99%
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $8.07 ↓ -99%
Rocky Mountain Health MGMCR $8.07 ↓ -99%
Mutual of Omaha MCR $8.07 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $8.07 ↓ -99%
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $8.07 ↓ -99%
Anthem BCBS MCR $8.07 ↓ -99%
Bright Health PFFS $8.07 ↓ -99%
Bright Health MCRSNP $8.07 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring Medicare $8.07 ↓ -99%
Bright Health MCRPPO $8.07 ↓ -99%
Bright Health MCRPOS $8.07 ↓ -99%
Kaiser MGMCR $8.23 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCR $8.31 ↓ -99%
Delaware Life Insurance MGMCR $8.47 ↓ -99%
Anthem PathwayEssentials $19.61 ↓ -98%
Anthem PathwayNSBP $25.02 ↓ -97%
Anthem PPO $38.33 ↓ -95%
Anthem HMO $38.33 ↓ -95%
Vail Health COMM $124.06 ↓ -85%
Kaiser KPSelect $163.24 ↓ -80%
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $163.24 ↓ -80%
Kaiser KPIF $163.24 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $168.95 ↓ -79%
Bright Health OON $244.86 ↓ -70%
Kaiser HMO $289.75 ↓ -64%
Kaiser PPO $289.75 ↓ -64%
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $342.80 ↓ -58%
United GlobalBenefit $367.29 ↓ -55%
Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) COMM $408.10 ↓ -50%
Aetna Cofinity $430.95 ↓ -47%
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $522.36 ↓ -36%
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $522.36 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $522.36 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $522.36 ↓ -36%
Western Plains Community Health COMM $530.52 ↓ -35%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $571.33 ↓ -30%
NorthCare COMM $571.33 ↓ -30%
Physician Health Partners MCR $571.33 ↓ -30%
Anthem PAR $603.98 ↓ -26%
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $612.14 ↓ -25%
Medical Development International COMM $652.95 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $693.76 ↓ -15%
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $734.57 ↓ -10%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $734.57 ↓ -10%
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital
Aetna ASA not published by hospital

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Cold agglutinin screen (arc) at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $4.62 $7.83 – $23.75
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $6.68 $6.42 – $23.75
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $76.12 $10.54 – $24.25
AdventHealth Porter Denver $206.48 $7.91 – $14.93
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $206.48 $7.91 – $14.93
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $206.48 $7.91 – $14.93
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $206.48 $7.91 – $14.93
AdventHealth Parker Parker $206.48 $7.91 – $14.93

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