F-18 fdg pet diag 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

$3,783.08

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.

$3,783.08

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.

$575.03 with Vail Health vs $3,404.77 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
Vail Health COMM $575.03 ↓ -85%
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $711.50 ↓ -81%
Kaiser KPIF $756.62 ↓ -80%
Kaiser KPSelect $756.62 ↓ -80%
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $756.62 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $783.10 ↓ -79%
Cigna Connect-SBP $817.15 ↓ -78%
Cigna SureFit $960.90 ↓ -75%
Cigna Connect-NSBP $979.82 ↓ -74%
Aetna MCRADVHMO $1,134.92 ↓ -70%
Bright Health OON $1,134.92 ↓ -70%
Aetna MCRADVPPO $1,134.92 ↓ -70%
Aetna NBR $1,233.28 ↓ -67%
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $1,293.63 ↓ -66%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,293.63 ↓ -66%
Kaiser HMO $1,342.99 ↓ -65%
Kaiser PPO $1,342.99 ↓ -65%
Cigna Broad $1,342.99 ↓ -65%
Aetna ExistingBusiness $1,501.88 ↓ -60%
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $1,588.89 ↓ -58%
United GlobalBenefit $1,702.39 ↓ -55%
Aetna ASA $1,804.53 ↓ -52%
Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) COMM $1,891.54 ↓ -50%
Aetna Cofinity $1,997.47 ↓ -47%
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $2,421.17 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $2,421.17 ↓ -36%
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $2,421.17 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $2,421.17 ↓ -36%
Western Plains Community Health COMM $2,459.00 ↓ -35%
Physician Health Partners MCR $2,648.16 ↓ -30%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $2,648.16 ↓ -30%
NorthCare COMM $2,648.16 ↓ -30%
Anthem PAR $2,799.48 ↓ -26%
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $2,837.31 ↓ -25%
TriWest Health Alliance FED $3,026.46 ↓ -20%
Medical Development International COMM $3,026.46 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $3,215.62 ↓ -15%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $3,404.77 ↓ -10%
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $3,404.77 ↓ -10%

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F-18 fdg pet diag at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $186.29 $135.71 – $471.81
CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE DENVER $4,391.00 $711.50 – $1,293.63
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver $3,373.75 $711.50 – $711.50
HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE Lone Tree $4,597.00 $711.50 – $1,293.63
HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE PARKER $4,597.00 $711.50 – $1,293.63
HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION Denver $2,839.75 $711.50 – $1,293.63
HCA HealthONE MOUNTAIN RIDGE Thornton not published $711.50 – $1,293.63

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