Epoetin alfa, 100 units esrd 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.

$0.80 with Cigna vs $1,335.92 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.

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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-NSBP $0.80
Cigna Broad $0.80
Cigna SureFit $0.80
Cigna Connect-SBP $1.01
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $1.27
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $2.31
United AllPayerAppendix $2.31
Vail Health COMM $225.62
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $296.87
Kaiser KPSelect $296.87
Kaiser KPIF $296.87
United OptionsPPO $307.26
Bright Health OON $445.31
Aetna MCRADVHMO $445.31
Aetna MCRADVPPO $445.31
Kaiser PPO $526.95
Kaiser HMO $526.95
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $623.43
United GlobalBenefit $667.96
Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) COMM $742.18
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $949.99
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $949.99
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $949.99
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $949.99
Western Plains Community Health COMM $964.83
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $1,039.05
NorthCare COMM $1,039.05
Physician Health Partners MCR $1,039.05
Anthem PAR $1,098.43
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $1,113.27
Medical Development International COMM $1,187.49
TriWest Health Alliance FED $1,187.49
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $1,261.71
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $1,335.92
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $1,335.92
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital
Aetna ASA not published by hospital
Aetna NBR not published by hospital

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Epoetin alfa, 100 units esrd at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $11.85 $0.34 – $1.28
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $3.17 $0.06 – $1.28
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $13.64 $0.23 – $0.81
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $18.60 $0.35 – $0.81
AdventHealth Porter Denver not published $0.75 – $1.49
CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE DENVER not published $0.80 – $2.31
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver not published $0.80 – $1.27
HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE Lone Tree not published $0.80 – $2.31

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