Dxa bone density axl vrt fx 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

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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.

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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.

$35.45 with Anthem vs $2,697.39 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
Anthem PathwayEssentials $35.45
Anthem PathwayNSBP $45.23
Anthem HMO $72.37
Anthem PPO $72.37
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $169.18
Multiplan WorkersComp $176.30
Multiplan BeechStreetWorkersComp $176.30
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $185.25
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Cigna Connect-SBP $248.79
Cigna SureFit $317.72
Cigna Connect-NSBP $343.56
Cigna Broad $430.80
Vail Health COMM $455.56
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $599.42
Kaiser KPIF $599.42
Kaiser KPSelect $599.42
United OptionsPPO $620.40
Bright Health OON $899.13
Kaiser PPO $1,063.97
Kaiser HMO $1,063.97
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $1,258.78
United GlobalBenefit $1,348.69
Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) COMM $1,498.55
Aetna Cofinity $1,582.47
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $1,918.14
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $1,918.14
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $1,918.14
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $1,918.14
Western Plains Community Health COMM $1,948.12
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $2,097.97
NorthCare COMM $2,097.97
Physician Health Partners MCR $2,097.97
Anthem PAR $2,217.85
Medical Development International COMM $2,397.68
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $2,547.53
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $2,697.39
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $2,697.39
Aetna ASA not published by hospital
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital

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Dxa bone density axl vrt fx at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $252.68 $103.66 – $900.00
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $170.72 $103.79 – $900.00
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $228.15 $106.87 – $491.79
AdventHealth Porter Denver $1,528.69 $73.56 – $204.02
HCA HealthONE BELMAR ER, A PART OF SWEDISH LAKEWOOD $1,306.57 $35.45 – $273.56
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $1,528.69 $73.56 – $204.02
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $1,528.69 $73.56 – $206.29
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $1,528.69 $73.56 – $204.02

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