Creatinine 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

$54.45

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.

$54.45

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.

$2.73 with Cigna vs $49.01 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
Cigna Connect-SBP $2.73 ↓ -95%
Cigna SureFit $3.26 ↓ -94%
Cigna Connect-NSBP $3.60 ↓ -93%
Cigna Broad $4.50 ↓ -92%
Humana MCR $5.07 ↓ -91%
United MCR $5.09 ↓ -91%
Mutual of Omaha MCR $5.12 ↓ -91%
Aetna MCRADVHMO $5.12 ↓ -91%
Aetna MCRADVPPO $5.12 ↓ -91%
Bright Health DualEligible $5.12 ↓ -91%
TriWest Health Alliance FED $5.12 ↓ -91%
Total LongTerm Care MCR $5.12 ↓ -91%
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $5.12 ↓ -91%
Rocky Mountain Health MGMCR $5.12 ↓ -91%
Devoted Health MCRAdvantage $5.12 ↓ -91%
Cigna HealthSpring Medicare $5.12 ↓ -91%
United AllPayerAppendix $5.12 ↓ -91%
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $5.12 ↓ -91%
Bright Health PFFS $5.12 ↓ -91%
Bright Health MCRSNP $5.12 ↓ -91%
Bright Health MCRPPO $5.12 ↓ -91%
Bright Health MCRPOS $5.12 ↓ -91%
Bright Health MCRHMO $5.12 ↓ -91%
Anthem BCBS MCR $5.12 ↓ -91%
Kaiser MGMCR $5.22 ↓ -90%
WellCare MCR $5.27 ↓ -90%
Delaware Life Insurance MGMCR $5.38 ↓ -90%
Vail Health COMM $8.28 ↓ -85%
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $10.89 ↓ -80%
Kaiser KPSelect $10.89 ↓ -80%
Kaiser KPIF $10.89 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $11.27 ↓ -79%
Anthem PathwayEssentials $12.44 ↓ -77%
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $14.06 ↓ -74%
Multiplan WorkersComp $14.65 ↓ -73%
Multiplan BeechStreetWorkersComp $14.65 ↓ -73%
Anthem PathwayNSBP $15.87 ↓ -71%
Bright Health OON $16.34 ↓ -70%
Kaiser HMO $19.33 ↓ -64%
Kaiser PPO $19.33 ↓ -64%
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $22.87 ↓ -58%
Anthem HMO $24.32 ↓ -55%
Anthem PPO $24.32 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefit $24.50 ↓ -55%
Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) COMM $27.23 ↓ -50%
Aetna Cofinity $28.75 ↓ -47%
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $34.85 ↓ -36%
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $34.85 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $34.85 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $34.85 ↓ -36%
Western Plains Community Health COMM $35.39 ↓ -35%
Physician Health Partners MCR $38.12 ↓ -30%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $38.12 ↓ -30%
NorthCare COMM $38.12 ↓ -30%
Anthem PAR $40.29 ↓ -26%
Medical Development International COMM $43.56 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $46.28 ↓ -15%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $49.01 ↓ -10%
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $49.01 ↓ -10%
Aetna ASA not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital
Aetna NBR not published by hospital

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Creatinine at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $3.63 $4.97 – $15.20
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $3.68 $4.11 – $15.20
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $14.85 $5.12 – $43.65
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $34.50 $18.96 – $43.65
AdventHealth Porter Denver $105.95 $5.02 – $9.47
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver $277.00 $3.26 – $14.65
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