Contrast x-ray of hip 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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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.

$70.25 with Anthem vs $7,003.05 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.

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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
Anthem PathwayEssentials $70.25
Anthem PathwayNSBP $89.62
Anthem PPO $143.39
Anthem HMO $143.39
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 $1,182.74
Cigna Connect-NSBP $1,184.26
Cigna Broad $1,484.96
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $1,556.23
Kaiser KPIF $1,556.23
Kaiser KPSelect $1,556.23
United OptionsPPO $1,610.70
Bright Health OON $2,334.35
Kaiser PPO $2,762.32
Kaiser HMO $2,762.32
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $3,268.09
United GlobalBenefit $3,501.53
Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) COMM $3,890.59
Aetna Cofinity $4,108.46
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $4,979.95
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $4,979.95
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $4,979.95
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $4,979.95
Western Plains Community Health COMM $5,057.76
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $5,446.82
NorthCare COMM $5,446.82
Physician Health Partners MCR $5,446.82
Anthem PAR $5,758.07
Medical Development International COMM $6,224.94
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $6,613.99
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $7,003.05
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $7,003.05
Aetna ASA not published by hospital
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital

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Contrast x-ray of hip at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
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
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $495.92 $269.79 – $937.99
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $676.12 $25.71 – $59.17
AdventHealth Porter Denver $1,350.64 $178.87 – $680.84
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $1,350.64 $178.87 – $680.84
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $1,350.64 $178.87 – $688.40
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $1,350.64 $178.87 – $680.84

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