Fetal hemoglobin rosette 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

$841.69

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.

$841.69

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.

$4.99 with Cigna vs $757.52 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 $4.99 ↓ -99%
Cigna SureFit $5.96 ↓ -99%
Cigna Connect-NSBP $6.57 ↓ -99%
Cigna Broad $8.21 ↓ -99%
Humana MCR $9.27 ↓ -99%
United MCR $9.31 ↓ -99%
Mutual of Omaha MCR $9.36 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MCRAdvantage $9.36 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring Medicare $9.36 ↓ -99%
Bright Health PFFS $9.36 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCRADVHMO $9.36 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCRADVPPO $9.36 ↓ -99%
Bright Health MCRSNP $9.36 ↓ -99%
Total LongTerm Care MCR $9.36 ↓ -99%
Bright Health MCRPOS $9.36 ↓ -99%
Bright Health MCRHMO $9.36 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $9.36 ↓ -99%
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $9.36 ↓ -99%
Bright Health DualEligible $9.36 ↓ -99%
Anthem BCBS MCR $9.36 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance FED $9.36 ↓ -99%
Bright Health MCRPPO $9.36 ↓ -99%
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $9.36 ↓ -99%
Rocky Mountain Health MGMCR $9.36 ↓ -99%
Kaiser MGMCR $9.55 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCR $9.64 ↓ -99%
Delaware Life Insurance MGMCR $9.83 ↓ -99%
Anthem PathwayEssentials $22.74 ↓ -97%
Anthem PathwayNSBP $29.02 ↓ -97%
Anthem PPO $44.46 ↓ -95%
Anthem HMO $44.46 ↓ -95%
Vail Health COMM $127.94 ↓ -85%
Kaiser KPSelect $168.34 ↓ -80%
Kaiser KPIF $168.34 ↓ -80%
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $168.34 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $174.23 ↓ -79%
Bright Health OON $252.51 ↓ -70%
Kaiser PPO $298.80 ↓ -64%
Kaiser HMO $298.80 ↓ -64%
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $353.51 ↓ -58%
United GlobalBenefit $378.76 ↓ -55%
Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) COMM $420.85 ↓ -50%
Aetna Cofinity $444.41 ↓ -47%
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $538.68 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $538.68 ↓ -36%
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $538.68 ↓ -36%
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $538.68 ↓ -36%
Western Plains Community Health COMM $547.10 ↓ -35%
Physician Health Partners MCR $589.18 ↓ -30%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $589.18 ↓ -30%
NorthCare COMM $589.18 ↓ -30%
Anthem PAR $622.85 ↓ -26%
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $631.27 ↓ -25%
Medical Development International COMM $673.35 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $715.44 ↓ -15%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $757.52 ↓ -10%
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $757.52 ↓ -10%
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ASA not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital

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Fetal hemoglobin rosette at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $8.18 $7.45 – $27.55
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $9.71 $8.09 – $28.13
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $18.07 $12.22 – $28.13
AdventHealth Porter Denver $183.25 $9.17 – $17.32
HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE Lone Tree $636.90 $5.35 – $22.74
HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE PARKER $636.90 $5.35 – $104.20
HCA HealthONE BELMAR ER, A PART OF SWEDISH LAKEWOOD $153.68 $5.47 – $22.74
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $183.25 $9.17 – $17.32

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