#creutz-prot.,western blot 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.
$15.57 with Cigna vs $413.62 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cigna | Connect-SBP | $15.57 | — |
| Cigna | SureFit | $18.61 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-NSBP | $20.51 | — |
| Cigna | Broad | $25.64 | — |
| Humana | MCR | $28.92 | — |
| United | MCR | $29.06 | — |
| Total LongTerm Care | MCR | $29.21 | — |
| Aetna | MCRADVHMO | $29.21 | — |
| Aetna | MCRADVPPO | $29.21 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | FED | $29.21 | — |
| Devoted Health | MCRAdvantage | $29.21 | — |
| Rocky Mountain Health Plan | AllPayerAppendix | $29.21 | — |
| Rocky Mountain Health | MGMCR | $29.21 | — |
| Mutual of Omaha | MCR | $29.21 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $29.21 | — |
| United | ColoradoDoctorsPlan | $29.21 | — |
| Anthem BCBS | MCR | $29.21 | — |
| Bright Health | DualEligible | $29.21 | — |
| Bright Health | MCRHMO | $29.21 | — |
| Bright Health | MCRPOS | $29.21 | — |
| Bright Health | MCRPPO | $29.21 | — |
| Bright Health | MCRSNP | $29.21 | — |
| Bright Health | PFFS | $29.21 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | Medicare | $29.21 | — |
| Kaiser | MGMCR | $29.79 | — |
| WellCare | MCR | $30.09 | — |
| Delaware Life Insurance | MGMCR | $30.67 | — |
| Vail Health | COMM | $69.86 | — |
| Anthem | PathwayEssentials | $70.98 | — |
| Anthem | PathwayNSBP | $90.55 | — |
| Kaiser | KPIF | $91.92 | — |
| Kaiser | CommercialSmallGroupPlans | $91.92 | — |
| Kaiser | KPSelect | $91.92 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $95.13 | — |
| Bright Health | OON | $137.87 | — |
| Anthem | PPO | $138.75 | — |
| Anthem | HMO | $138.75 | — |
| Kaiser | HMO | $163.15 | — |
| Kaiser | PPO | $163.15 | — |
| Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs | HCP | $193.02 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefit | $206.81 | — |
| Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) | COMM | $229.79 | — |
| Aetna | Cofinity | $242.66 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans | $294.13 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans | $294.13 | — |
| Cigna | BroadLeanBenefitPlans | $294.13 | — |
| Cigna | SureFitLeanBenefitPlans | $294.13 | — |
| Western Plains Community Health | COMM | $298.73 | — |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK | $321.71 | — |
| NorthCare | COMM | $321.71 | — |
| Physician Health Partners | MCR | $321.71 | — |
| Anthem | PAR | $340.09 | — |
| Pinnacol Workers Comp | WORKERSCOMP | $344.69 | — |
| Medical Development International | COMM | $367.66 | — |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK | $390.64 | — |
| Multiplan | BeechStreetCOMMPPO | $413.62 | — |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $413.62 | — |
| Aetna | NBR | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | ExistingBusiness | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | ASA | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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#creutz-prot.,western blot at other Colorado hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner Fort Collins Medical Center | Fort Collins | $35.19 | $28.33 – $83.60 |
| Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus | Loveland | $35.65 | $22.62 – $83.60 |
| Sterling Regional Medical Center | Sterling | $51.15 | $24.55 – $85.36 |
| East Morgan County Hospital | Brush | $95.48 | $37.08 – $85.36 |
| AdventHealth Porter | Denver | $256.54 | $28.63 – $54.04 |
| AdventHealth Littleton | Littleton | $256.54 | $28.63 – $54.04 |
| AdventHealth Avista | Louisville | $256.54 | $28.63 – $54.04 |
| AdventHealth Castle Rock | Castle Rock | $256.54 | $28.63 – $54.04 |