Culture quantitative aerobic other source 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

$2,541.10

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.

$2,541.10

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.

$5.27 with Cigna vs $2,286.99 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 $5.27 ↓ -100%
Cigna SureFit $6.30 ↓ -100%
Cigna Connect-NSBP $6.94 ↓ -100%
Cigna Broad $8.68 ↓ -100%
Humana MCR $9.79 ↓ -100%
United MCR $9.84 ↓ -100%
Mutual of Omaha MCR $9.89 ↓ -100%
Devoted Health MCRAdvantage $9.89 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring Medicare $9.89 ↓ -100%
Bright Health PFFS $9.89 ↓ -100%
Aetna MCRADVHMO $9.89 ↓ -100%
Aetna MCRADVPPO $9.89 ↓ -100%
Bright Health MCRSNP $9.89 ↓ -100%
Total LongTerm Care MCR $9.89 ↓ -100%
Bright Health MCRPOS $9.89 ↓ -100%
Bright Health MCRHMO $9.89 ↓ -100%
United AllPayerAppendix $9.89 ↓ -100%
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $9.89 ↓ -100%
Bright Health DualEligible $9.89 ↓ -100%
Anthem BCBS MCR $9.89 ↓ -100%
TriWest Health Alliance FED $9.89 ↓ -100%
Bright Health MCRPPO $9.89 ↓ -100%
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $9.89 ↓ -100%
Rocky Mountain Health MGMCR $9.89 ↓ -100%
Kaiser MGMCR $10.09 ↓ -100%
WellCare MCR $10.19 ↓ -100%
Delaware Life Insurance MGMCR $10.38 ↓ -100%
Anthem PathwayEssentials $24.03 ↓ -99%
Anthem PathwayNSBP $30.66 ↓ -99%
Anthem PPO $46.98 ↓ -98%
Anthem HMO $46.98 ↓ -98%
Vail Health COMM $386.25 ↓ -85%
Kaiser KPSelect $508.22 ↓ -80%
Kaiser KPIF $508.22 ↓ -80%
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $508.22 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $526.01 ↓ -79%
Bright Health OON $762.33 ↓ -70%
Kaiser PPO $902.09 ↓ -65%
Kaiser HMO $902.09 ↓ -65%
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $1,067.26 ↓ -58%
United GlobalBenefit $1,143.49 ↓ -55%
Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) COMM $1,270.55 ↓ -50%
Aetna Cofinity $1,341.70 ↓ -47%
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $1,626.30 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $1,626.30 ↓ -36%
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $1,626.30 ↓ -36%
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $1,626.30 ↓ -36%
Western Plains Community Health COMM $1,651.71 ↓ -35%
Physician Health Partners MCR $1,778.77 ↓ -30%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $1,778.77 ↓ -30%
NorthCare COMM $1,778.77 ↓ -30%
Anthem PAR $1,880.41 ↓ -26%
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $1,905.83 ↓ -25%
Medical Development International COMM $2,032.88 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $2,159.93 ↓ -15%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $2,286.99 ↓ -10%
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $2,286.99 ↓ -10%
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ASA not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital

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