Cytopath smear oth prep screen & interp 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

$1,381.46

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.

$1,381.46

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.

$24.67 with Rocky Mountain Health Plan vs $1,243.31 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
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $24.67 ↓ -98%
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $24.67 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $24.67 ↓ -98%
Cigna Connect-SBP $27.99 ↓ -98%
Cigna SureFit $33.46 ↓ -98%
Cigna Connect-NSBP $36.87 ↓ -97%
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $45.82 ↓ -97%
Cigna Broad $46.09 ↓ -97%
Multiplan WorkersComp $47.75 ↓ -97%
Multiplan BeechStreetWorkersComp $47.75 ↓ -97%
Anthem PathwayEssentials $59.95 ↓ -96%
Anthem PathwayNSBP $76.48 ↓ -94%
Anthem HMO $117.18 ↓ -92%
Anthem PPO $117.18 ↓ -92%
Vail Health COMM $209.98 ↓ -85%
Kaiser KPIF $276.29 ↓ -80%
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $276.29 ↓ -80%
Kaiser KPSelect $276.29 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $285.96 ↓ -79%
Bright Health OON $414.44 ↓ -70%
Kaiser PPO $490.42 ↓ -64%
Kaiser HMO $490.42 ↓ -64%
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $580.21 ↓ -58%
United GlobalBenefit $621.66 ↓ -55%
Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) COMM $690.73 ↓ -50%
Aetna Cofinity $729.41 ↓ -47%
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $884.13 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $884.13 ↓ -36%
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $884.13 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $884.13 ↓ -36%
Western Plains Community Health COMM $897.95 ↓ -35%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $967.02 ↓ -30%
NorthCare COMM $967.02 ↓ -30%
Physician Health Partners MCR $967.02 ↓ -30%
Anthem PAR $1,022.28 ↓ -26%
Medical Development International COMM $1,105.17 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $1,174.24 ↓ -15%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $1,243.31 ↓ -10%
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $1,243.31 ↓ -10%
Aetna ASA not published by hospital
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital

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