CT guidance for needle placement 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.
$143.98 with Anthem vs $8,131.62 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 | $143.98 | — |
| Anthem | PathwayNSBP | $183.68 | — |
| Anthem | HMO | $293.88 | — |
| Anthem | PPO | $293.88 | — |
| Aetna | NBR | $1,164.00 | — |
| Vail Health | COMM | $1,373.34 | — |
| Aetna | ExistingBusiness | $1,419.00 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | $1,763.00 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,870.27 | — |
| Aetna | MCRADVPPO | $2,710.54 | — |
| Aetna | MCRADVHMO | $2,710.54 | — |
| Bright Health | OON | $2,710.54 | — |
| Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs | HCP | $3,794.75 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefit | $4,065.81 | — |
| Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) | COMM | $4,517.56 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans | $5,782.48 | — |
| Cigna | SureFitLeanBenefitPlans | $5,782.48 | — |
| Cigna | BroadLeanBenefitPlans | $5,782.48 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans | $5,782.48 | — |
| Western Plains Community Health | COMM | $5,872.83 | — |
| Physician Health Partners | MCR | $6,324.59 | — |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK | $6,324.59 | — |
| NorthCare | COMM | $6,324.59 | — |
| Anthem | PAR | $6,686.00 | — |
| Pinnacol Workers Comp | WORKERSCOMP | $6,776.35 | — |
| Medical Development International | COMM | $7,228.10 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | FED | $7,228.10 | — |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK | $7,679.86 | — |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $8,131.62 | — |
| Multiplan | BeechStreetCOMMPPO | $8,131.62 | — |
| Aetna | Cofinity | not published by hospital | — |
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CT guidance for needle placement at other Colorado hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Fort Collins Medical Center | Fort Collins | $686.09 | $412.46 – $955.70 |
| Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus | Loveland | $467.79 | $88.40 – $955.70 |
| Sterling Regional Medical Center | Sterling | $586.66 | $378.88 – $1,317.26 |
| East Morgan County Hospital | Brush | $863.69 | $64.05 – $147.44 |
| AdventHealth Porter | Denver | $4,776.38 | $105.67 – $105.67 |
| HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE | PARKER | $10,043.00 | $143.98 – $1,087.00 |
| AdventHealth Littleton | Littleton | $4,776.38 | $105.67 – $105.67 |
| AdventHealth Avista | Louisville | $4,776.38 | $105.67 – $105.67 |