Collection blood specimen using established central/peripheral catheter venous nos 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.

$101.23 with Vail Health vs $20,116.00 with Anthem — 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
Vail Health COMM $101.23
United OptionsPPO $137.85
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $196.56
Bright Health OON $199.79
Multiplan BeechStreetWorkersComp $204.84
Multiplan WorkersComp $204.84
Aetna NBR $284.99
United GlobalBenefit $299.68
Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) COMM $332.98
Aetna ExistingBusiness $347.05
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $367.16
Aetna ASA $416.99
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $426.21
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $426.21
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $426.21
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $426.21
Western Plains Community Health COMM $432.87
Physician Health Partners MCR $466.17
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $466.17
NorthCare COMM $466.17
Cigna Connect-SBP $484.00
Anthem PAR $492.81
Medical Development International COMM $532.77
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $566.07
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $599.36
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $599.36
Cigna SureFit $639.00
Cigna Connect-NSBP $728.00
Cigna Broad $1,105.00
Kaiser KPIF $3,618.00
Kaiser KPSelect $3,618.00
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $3,618.00
Anthem PathwayEssentials $8,049.00
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $9,074.00
Anthem PathwayNSBP $10,494.00
Kaiser HMO $15,229.00
Kaiser PPO $15,229.00
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $16,586.00
United AllPayerAppendix $16,586.00
Anthem PPO $20,116.00
Anthem HMO $20,116.00

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Collection blood specimen using established central/peripheral catheter venous nos at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $83.33 $76.67 – $310.90
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $75.74 $48.06 – $311.28
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $95.90 $60.26 – $209.52
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $117.07 $91.02 – $209.52
AdventHealth Porter Denver $589.23 $54.61 – $259.65
CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE DENVER $736.00 $196.56 – $204.84
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver $625.00 $196.56 – $204.84
HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE Lone Tree $210.05 $196.56 – $204.84

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