Critical Care (first 30 to 74 minutes) at HCA HealthONE AURORA

1501 S. Potomac Street, Aurora, CO · HCA HealthONE · · NPI 1659327013

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 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.

$1,111.00 with Kaiser vs $28,579.84 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.

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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
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $1,111.00 —
Kaiser KPSelect $1,111.00 —
Kaiser KPIF $1,111.00 —
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $1,365.45 —
Multiplan WorkersComp $1,422.95 —
Multiplan BeechStreetWorkersComp $1,422.95 —
Cigna Connect-SBP $1,958.00 —
Cigna SureFit $2,202.00 —
Cigna Connect-NSBP $2,607.00 —
Cigna Broad $3,560.00 —
Anthem PathwayEssentialsStandard $4,341.00 —
Anthem PathwaySBP $4,802.00 —
Vail Health COMM $4,826.82 —
Kaiser PPO $5,268.00 —
Kaiser HMO $5,318.00 —
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $6,250.00 —
United OptionsPPO $6,573.36 —
WPPA UnifiedHealthPlan $7,885.00 —
Bright Health OON $9,526.61 —
Anthem PPO $10,189.00 —
Anthem HMO $10,189.00 —
Aetna NBR $10,774.00 —
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $12,323.00 —
United AllPayerAppendix $12,323.00 —
Aetna ExistingBusiness $13,139.00 —
United GlobalBenefit $14,289.92 —
Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) COMM $15,877.69 —
Aetna ASA $15,930.00 —
WPPA OutofServiceArea $19,053.23 —
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $20,323.44 —
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $20,323.44 —
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $20,323.44 —
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $20,323.44 —
Western Plains Community Health COMM $20,641.00 —
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $22,228.77 —
NorthCare COMM $22,228.77 —
Physician Health Partners MCR $22,228.77 —
Anthem PAR $23,498.98 —
Medical Development International COMM $25,404.30 —
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $26,992.07 —
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $28,579.84 —
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $28,579.84 —

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Critical Care (first 30 to 74 minutes) at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $3,920.70 $821.41 – $9,500.00
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $2,915.78 $822.43 – $9,500.00
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $977.28 $535.68 – $1,862.40
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $973.44 $420.56 – $968.06
AdventHealth Porter Denver $17,343.39 $373.59 – $1,612.02
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $17,343.39 $373.59 – $1,612.02
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $17,343.39 $373.59 – $1,629.92
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $17,343.39 $373.59 – $1,612.02

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