Drug assay caffeine 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

$1,713.38

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.

$1,713.38

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.

$20.56 with Cigna vs $1,542.04 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 $20.56 ↓ -99%
Cigna SureFit $24.57 ↓ -99%
Cigna Connect-NSBP $27.08 ↓ -98%
Cigna Broad $33.84 ↓ -98%
Humana MCR $38.18 ↓ -98%
United MCR $38.38 ↓ -98%
Mutual of Omaha MCR $38.57 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MCRAdvantage $38.57 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring Medicare $38.57 ↓ -98%
Bright Health PFFS $38.57 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCRADVHMO $38.57 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCRADVPPO $38.57 ↓ -98%
Bright Health MCRSNP $38.57 ↓ -98%
Total LongTerm Care MCR $38.57 ↓ -98%
Bright Health MCRPOS $38.57 ↓ -98%
Bright Health MCRHMO $38.57 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $38.57 ↓ -98%
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $38.57 ↓ -98%
Bright Health DualEligible $38.57 ↓ -98%
Anthem BCBS MCR $38.57 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance FED $38.57 ↓ -98%
Bright Health MCRPPO $38.57 ↓ -98%
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $38.57 ↓ -98%
Rocky Mountain Health MGMCR $38.57 ↓ -98%
Kaiser MGMCR $39.34 ↓ -98%
WellCare MCR $39.73 ↓ -98%
Delaware Life Insurance MGMCR $40.50 ↓ -98%
Anthem PathwayEssentials $93.73 ↓ -95%
Anthem PathwayNSBP $119.57 ↓ -93%
Anthem PPO $183.21 ↓ -89%
Anthem HMO $183.21 ↓ -89%
Vail Health COMM $260.43 ↓ -85%
Kaiser KPSelect $342.68 ↓ -80%
Kaiser KPIF $342.68 ↓ -80%
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $342.68 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $354.67 ↓ -79%
Bright Health OON $514.01 ↓ -70%
Kaiser PPO $608.25 ↓ -64%
Kaiser HMO $608.25 ↓ -64%
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $719.62 ↓ -58%
United GlobalBenefit $771.02 ↓ -55%
Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) COMM $856.69 ↓ -50%
Aetna Cofinity $904.66 ↓ -47%
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $1,096.56 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $1,096.56 ↓ -36%
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $1,096.56 ↓ -36%
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $1,096.56 ↓ -36%
Western Plains Community Health COMM $1,113.70 ↓ -35%
Physician Health Partners MCR $1,199.37 ↓ -30%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $1,199.37 ↓ -30%
NorthCare COMM $1,199.37 ↓ -30%
Anthem PAR $1,267.90 ↓ -26%
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $1,285.04 ↓ -25%
Medical Development International COMM $1,370.70 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $1,456.37 ↓ -15%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $1,542.04 ↓ -10%
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $1,542.04 ↓ -10%
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ASA not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital

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