Cytopathology fluids/washings/brushings smears with interpretation at HCA HealthONE AURORA
1501 S. Potomac Street, Aurora, CO · HCA HealthONE · · NPI 1659327013
$1,485.85
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.
$1,485.85
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.
$22.94 with Cigna vs $1,337.27 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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| Cigna | Connect-SBP | $22.94 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna | SureFit | $27.41 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna | Connect-NSBP | $30.21 | ↓ -98% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $33.84 | ↓ -98% |
| Rocky Mountain Health Plan | AllPayerAppendix | $33.84 | ↓ -98% |
| United | ColoradoDoctorsPlan | $33.84 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna | Broad | $37.76 | ↓ -97% |
| Pinnacol Workers Comp | WORKERSCOMP | $61.71 | ↓ -96% |
| Multiplan | WorkersComp | $64.31 | ↓ -96% |
| Multiplan | BeechStreetWorkersComp | $64.31 | ↓ -96% |
| Anthem | PathwayEssentials | $82.23 | ↓ -94% |
| Anthem | PathwayNSBP | $104.90 | ↓ -93% |
| Anthem | HMO | $160.74 | ↓ -89% |
| Anthem | PPO | $160.74 | ↓ -89% |
| Vail Health | COMM | $225.85 | ↓ -85% |
| Kaiser | KPIF | $297.17 | ↓ -80% |
| Kaiser | CommercialSmallGroupPlans | $297.17 | ↓ -80% |
| Kaiser | KPSelect | $297.17 | ↓ -80% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $307.57 | ↓ -79% |
| Bright Health | OON | $445.75 | ↓ -70% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $527.48 | ↓ -64% |
| Kaiser | HMO | $527.48 | ↓ -64% |
| Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs | HCP | $624.06 | ↓ -58% |
| United | GlobalBenefit | $668.63 | ↓ -55% |
| Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) | COMM | $742.92 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | Cofinity | $784.53 | ↓ -47% |
| Cigna | SureFitLeanBenefitPlans | $950.94 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans | $950.94 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | BroadLeanBenefitPlans | $950.94 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans | $950.94 | ↓ -36% |
| Western Plains Community Health | COMM | $965.80 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK | $1,040.10 | ↓ -30% |
| NorthCare | COMM | $1,040.10 | ↓ -30% |
| Physician Health Partners | MCR | $1,040.10 | ↓ -30% |
| Anthem | PAR | $1,099.53 | ↓ -26% |
| Medical Development International | COMM | $1,188.68 | ↓ -20% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK | $1,262.97 | ↓ -15% |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $1,337.27 | ↓ -10% |
| Multiplan | BeechStreetCOMMPPO | $1,337.27 | ↓ -10% |
| Aetna | ASA | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | NBR | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | ExistingBusiness | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Cytopathology fluids/washings/brushings smears with interpretation at other Colorado hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner Fort Collins Medical Center | Fort Collins | $138.39 | $38.27 – $268.85 |
| Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus | Loveland | $129.90 | $38.31 – $268.85 |
| Sterling Regional Medical Center | Sterling | $35.39 | $22.04 – $76.63 |
| East Morgan County Hospital | Brush | $51.51 | $33.29 – $76.63 |
| AdventHealth Porter | Denver | $592.53 | $38.61 – $72.89 |
| CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE | DENVER | $1,183.00 | $19.58 – $82.23 |
| HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's | Denver | $797.00 | $27.41 – $82.23 |
| HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE | Lone Tree | $1,269.45 | $24.61 – $82.23 |