Cytopath tbs c/v manual 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

$708.86

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.

$708.86

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.

$9.22 with Cigna vs $637.97 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
Cigna Connect-SBP $9.22 ↓ -99%
Cigna SureFit $11.03 ↓ -98%
Cigna Connect-NSBP $12.15 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $15.15 ↓ -98%
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $15.15 ↓ -98%
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $15.15 ↓ -98%
Cigna Broad $15.19 ↓ -98%
Humana MCR $18.35 ↓ -97%
United MCR $18.45 ↓ -97%
Aetna MCRADVHMO $18.54 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MCRAdvantage $18.54 ↓ -97%
Aetna MCRADVPPO $18.54 ↓ -97%
Anthem BCBS MCR $18.54 ↓ -97%
Bright Health DualEligible $18.54 ↓ -97%
Bright Health MCRHMO $18.54 ↓ -97%
Bright Health MCRPOS $18.54 ↓ -97%
Bright Health MCRPPO $18.54 ↓ -97%
Bright Health MCRSNP $18.54 ↓ -97%
Bright Health PFFS $18.54 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring Medicare $18.54 ↓ -97%
Mutual of Omaha MCR $18.54 ↓ -97%
Rocky Mountain Health MGMCR $18.54 ↓ -97%
Total LongTerm Care MCR $18.54 ↓ -97%
TriWest Health Alliance FED $18.54 ↓ -97%
Kaiser MGMCR $18.91 ↓ -97%
WellCare MCR $19.10 ↓ -97%
Delaware Life Insurance MGMCR $19.47 ↓ -97%
Anthem PathwayEssentials $36.81 ↓ -95%
Anthem PathwayNSBP $46.97 ↓ -93%
Anthem PPO $71.96 ↓ -90%
Anthem HMO $71.96 ↓ -90%
Vail Health COMM $107.75 ↓ -85%
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $141.77 ↓ -80%
Kaiser KPSelect $141.77 ↓ -80%
Kaiser KPIF $141.77 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $146.73 ↓ -79%
Bright Health OON $212.66 ↓ -70%
Kaiser PPO $251.65 ↓ -64%
Kaiser HMO $251.65 ↓ -64%
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $297.72 ↓ -58%
United GlobalBenefit $318.99 ↓ -55%
Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) COMM $354.43 ↓ -50%
Aetna Cofinity $374.28 ↓ -47%
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $453.67 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $453.67 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $453.67 ↓ -36%
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $453.67 ↓ -36%
Western Plains Community Health COMM $460.76 ↓ -35%
NorthCare COMM $496.20 ↓ -30%
Physician Health Partners MCR $496.20 ↓ -30%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $496.20 ↓ -30%
Anthem PAR $524.56 ↓ -26%
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $531.64 ↓ -25%
Medical Development International COMM $567.09 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $602.53 ↓ -15%
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $637.97 ↓ -10%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $637.97 ↓ -10%
Aetna ASA not published by hospital
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital

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