Fluoroguide needle placement 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.

$67.02 with Anthem vs $4,110.14 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
Anthem PathwayEssentials $67.02
Anthem PathwayNSBP $85.50
Anthem PPO $136.80
Anthem HMO $136.80
Vail Health COMM $694.16
Kaiser KPSelect $913.36
Kaiser KPIF $913.36
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $913.36
United OptionsPPO $945.33
Cigna Connect-SBP $986.43
Cigna SureFit $1,159.97
Cigna Connect-NSBP $1,182.81
Bright Health OON $1,370.05
Aetna MCRADVPPO $1,370.05
Aetna MCRADVHMO $1,370.05
Kaiser HMO $1,621.22
Kaiser PPO $1,621.22
Cigna Broad $1,621.22
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $1,918.06
United GlobalBenefit $2,055.07
Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) COMM $2,283.41
Aetna Cofinity $2,411.28
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $2,922.76
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $2,922.76
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $2,922.76
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $2,922.76
Western Plains Community Health COMM $2,968.43
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $3,196.77
NorthCare COMM $3,196.77
Physician Health Partners MCR $3,196.77
Anthem PAR $3,379.45
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $3,425.11
Medical Development International COMM $3,653.46
TriWest Health Alliance FED $3,653.46
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $3,881.80
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $4,110.14
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $4,110.14
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ASA not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital

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Fluoroguide needle placement at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $245.91 $106.00 – $575.35
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $166.14 $112.00 – $575.35
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $303.75 $188.32 – $654.75
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $448.20 $53.10 – $122.22
AdventHealth Porter Denver $1,935.50 $161.04 – $161.04
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $1,935.50 $161.04 – $161.04
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $1,935.50 $161.04 – $161.04
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $1,935.50 $161.04 – $161.04

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