Contrast x-ray of elbow 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.
$61.84 with Anthem vs $6,786.17 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 | $61.84 | — |
| Anthem | PathwayNSBP | $78.89 | — |
| Anthem | HMO | $126.23 | — |
| Anthem | PPO | $126.23 | — |
| Pinnacol Workers Comp | WORKERSCOMP | $591.76 | — |
| Multiplan | WorkersComp | $616.68 | — |
| Multiplan | BeechStreetWorkersComp | $616.68 | — |
| United | ColoradoDoctorsPlan | $625.80 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $828.27 | — |
| Rocky Mountain Health Plan | AllPayerAppendix | $828.27 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-SBP | $857.56 | — |
| Cigna | SureFit | $1,095.16 | — |
| Vail Health | COMM | $1,146.11 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-NSBP | $1,184.26 | — |
| Cigna | Broad | $1,484.96 | — |
| Kaiser | CommercialSmallGroupPlans | $1,508.04 | — |
| Kaiser | KPIF | $1,508.04 | — |
| Kaiser | KPSelect | $1,508.04 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,560.82 | — |
| Bright Health | OON | $2,262.06 | — |
| Kaiser | PPO | $2,676.77 | — |
| Kaiser | HMO | $2,676.77 | — |
| Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs | HCP | $3,166.88 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefit | $3,393.09 | — |
| Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) | COMM | $3,770.09 | — |
| Aetna | Cofinity | $3,981.22 | — |
| Cigna | SureFitLeanBenefitPlans | $4,825.72 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans | $4,825.72 | — |
| Cigna | BroadLeanBenefitPlans | $4,825.72 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans | $4,825.72 | — |
| Western Plains Community Health | COMM | $4,901.12 | — |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK | $5,278.13 | — |
| NorthCare | COMM | $5,278.13 | — |
| Physician Health Partners | MCR | $5,278.13 | — |
| Anthem | PAR | $5,579.74 | — |
| Medical Development International | COMM | $6,032.15 | — |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK | $6,409.16 | — |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $6,786.17 | — |
| Multiplan | BeechStreetCOMMPPO | $6,786.17 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | NBR | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | ExistingBusiness | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Contrast x-ray of elbow at other Colorado hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Fort Collins Medical Center | Fort Collins | $266.00 | $106.00 – $532.00 |
| Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus | Loveland | $226.08 | $112.00 – $532.00 |
| East Morgan County Hospital | Brush | $420.21 | $25.28 – $58.20 |
| AdventHealth Porter | Denver | $1,891.78 | $133.36 – $680.84 |
| AdventHealth Littleton | Littleton | $1,891.78 | $133.36 – $680.84 |
| AdventHealth Avista | Louisville | $1,891.78 | $133.36 – $688.40 |
| AdventHealth Castle Rock | Castle Rock | $1,891.78 | $133.36 – $680.84 |
| AdventHealth Parker | Parker | $1,891.78 | $133.36 – $680.84 |