Echo stress at HCA HealthONE AURORA
1501 S. Potomac Street, Aurora, CO · HCA HealthONE · · NPI 1659327013
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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.
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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.
$848.89 with Pinnacol Workers Comp vs $9,196.33 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinnacol Workers Comp | WORKERSCOMP | $848.89 | — |
| Multiplan | BeechStreetWorkersComp | $884.63 | — |
| Multiplan | WorkersComp | $884.63 | — |
| Vail Health | COMM | $1,553.16 | — |
| Kaiser | KPIF | $2,043.63 | — |
| Kaiser | KPSelect | $2,043.63 | — |
| Kaiser | CommercialSmallGroupPlans | $2,043.63 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $2,115.16 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-SBP | $2,207.12 | — |
| Cigna | SureFit | $2,595.41 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-NSBP | $2,646.50 | — |
| Bright Health | OON | $3,065.45 | — |
| Kaiser | PPO | $3,627.44 | — |
| Cigna | Broad | $3,627.44 | — |
| Kaiser | HMO | $3,627.44 | — |
| Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs | HCP | $4,291.62 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefit | $4,598.17 | — |
| Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) | COMM | $5,109.07 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans | $6,539.62 | — |
| Cigna | BroadLeanBenefitPlans | $6,539.62 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans | $6,539.62 | — |
| Cigna | SureFitLeanBenefitPlans | $6,539.62 | — |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK | $7,152.70 | — |
| Physician Health Partners | MCR | $7,152.70 | — |
| NorthCare | COMM | $7,152.70 | — |
| Anthem | PAR | $7,561.43 | — |
| Medical Development International | COMM | $8,174.52 | — |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK | $8,685.43 | — |
| Multiplan | BeechStreetCOMMPPO | $9,196.33 | — |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $9,196.33 | — |
| Aetna | NBR | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | ExistingBusiness | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | ASA | not published by hospital | — |
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Echo stress at other Colorado hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner Fort Collins Medical Center | Fort Collins | $389.27 | $403.03 – $1,322.47 |
| Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus | Loveland | $344.05 | $88.40 – $1,324.13 |
| Sterling Regional Medical Center | Sterling | $543.96 | $359.63 – $1,250.33 |
| AdventHealth Porter | Denver | $3,788.60 | $211.95 – $1,066.35 |
| CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE | DENVER | $9,269.00 | $848.89 – $884.63 |
| HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's | Denver | $7,273.50 | $848.89 – $884.63 |
| HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE | PARKER | $7,232.00 | $127.30 – $884.63 |
| HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION | Denver | $2,759.11 | $848.89 – $884.63 |