Encephalitis, st louis igg/igm 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

$618.93

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.

$618.93

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.

$7.03 with Cigna vs $557.04 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 $7.03 ↓ -99%
Cigna SureFit $8.40 ↓ -99%
Cigna Connect-NSBP $9.26 ↓ -99%
Cigna Broad $11.57 ↓ -98%
Humana MCR $13.06 ↓ -98%
United MCR $13.12 ↓ -98%
Mutual of Omaha MCR $13.19 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MCRAdvantage $13.19 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring Medicare $13.19 ↓ -98%
Bright Health PFFS $13.19 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCRADVHMO $13.19 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCRADVPPO $13.19 ↓ -98%
Bright Health MCRSNP $13.19 ↓ -98%
Total LongTerm Care MCR $13.19 ↓ -98%
Bright Health MCRPOS $13.19 ↓ -98%
Bright Health MCRHMO $13.19 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $13.19 ↓ -98%
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $13.19 ↓ -98%
Bright Health DualEligible $13.19 ↓ -98%
Anthem BCBS MCR $13.19 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance FED $13.19 ↓ -98%
Bright Health MCRPPO $13.19 ↓ -98%
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $13.19 ↓ -98%
Rocky Mountain Health MGMCR $13.19 ↓ -98%
Kaiser MGMCR $13.45 ↓ -98%
WellCare MCR $13.59 ↓ -98%
Delaware Life Insurance MGMCR $13.85 ↓ -98%
Anthem PathwayEssentials $32.05 ↓ -95%
Anthem PathwayNSBP $40.89 ↓ -93%
Anthem PPO $62.65 ↓ -90%
Anthem HMO $62.65 ↓ -90%
Vail Health COMM $94.08 ↓ -85%
Kaiser KPSelect $123.79 ↓ -80%
Kaiser KPIF $123.79 ↓ -80%
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $123.79 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $128.12 ↓ -79%
Bright Health OON $185.68 ↓ -70%
Kaiser PPO $219.72 ↓ -65%
Kaiser HMO $219.72 ↓ -65%
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $259.95 ↓ -58%
United GlobalBenefit $278.52 ↓ -55%
Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) COMM $309.46 ↓ -50%
Aetna Cofinity $326.80 ↓ -47%
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $396.12 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $396.12 ↓ -36%
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $396.12 ↓ -36%
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $396.12 ↓ -36%
Western Plains Community Health COMM $402.30 ↓ -35%
Physician Health Partners MCR $433.25 ↓ -30%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $433.25 ↓ -30%
NorthCare COMM $433.25 ↓ -30%
Anthem PAR $458.01 ↓ -26%
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $464.20 ↓ -25%
Medical Development International COMM $495.14 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $526.09 ↓ -15%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $557.04 ↓ -10%
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $557.04 ↓ -10%
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ASA not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital

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