Fracture assessment via dxa 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.

$19.78 with Anthem vs $1,106.94 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
Anthem PathwayEssentials $19.78
Anthem PathwayNSBP $25.23
Anthem HMO $40.37
Anthem PPO $40.37
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $137.53
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $139.83
Multiplan BeechStreetWorkersComp $145.72
Multiplan WorkersComp $145.72
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $182.03
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Vail Health COMM $186.95
Cigna Connect-SBP $202.22
Kaiser KPIF $245.99
Kaiser KPSelect $245.99
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $245.99
United OptionsPPO $254.60
Cigna SureFit $258.24
Cigna Connect-NSBP $279.25
Cigna Broad $350.16
Bright Health OON $368.98
Kaiser PPO $436.63
Kaiser HMO $436.63
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $516.57
United GlobalBenefit $553.47
Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) COMM $614.97
Aetna Cofinity $649.40
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $787.16
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $787.16
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $787.16
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $787.16
Western Plains Community Health COMM $799.45
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $860.95
NorthCare COMM $860.95
Physician Health Partners MCR $860.95
Anthem PAR $910.15
Medical Development International COMM $983.94
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $1,045.44
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $1,106.94
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $1,106.94
Aetna ASA not published by hospital
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital

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Fracture assessment via dxa at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $70.34 $55.35 – $212.38
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $47.52 $34.70 – $212.64
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $158.85 $88.49 – $342.41
AdventHealth Porter Denver $177.91 $48.45 – $169.83
CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE DENVER $1,005.00 $19.78 – $182.03
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver $710.50 $19.78 – $258.24
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $177.91 $48.45 – $169.83
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $177.91 $48.45 – $171.72

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