Galactose transferase test 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

$126.09

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.

$126.09

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.

$6.26 with Cigna vs $113.48 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 $6.26 ↓ -95%
Cigna SureFit $7.48 ↓ -94%
Cigna Connect-NSBP $8.24 ↓ -93%
Cigna Broad $10.30 ↓ -92%
Humana MCR $11.62 ↓ -91%
United MCR $11.68 ↓ -91%
Mutual of Omaha MCR $11.74 ↓ -91%
Devoted Health MCRAdvantage $11.74 ↓ -91%
Cigna HealthSpring Medicare $11.74 ↓ -91%
Bright Health PFFS $11.74 ↓ -91%
Aetna MCRADVHMO $11.74 ↓ -91%
Aetna MCRADVPPO $11.74 ↓ -91%
Bright Health MCRSNP $11.74 ↓ -91%
Total LongTerm Care MCR $11.74 ↓ -91%
Bright Health MCRPOS $11.74 ↓ -91%
Bright Health MCRHMO $11.74 ↓ -91%
United AllPayerAppendix $11.74 ↓ -91%
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $11.74 ↓ -91%
Bright Health DualEligible $11.74 ↓ -91%
Anthem BCBS MCR $11.74 ↓ -91%
TriWest Health Alliance FED $11.74 ↓ -91%
Bright Health MCRPPO $11.74 ↓ -91%
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $11.74 ↓ -91%
Rocky Mountain Health MGMCR $11.74 ↓ -91%
Kaiser MGMCR $11.97 ↓ -91%
WellCare MCR $12.09 ↓ -90%
Delaware Life Insurance MGMCR $12.33 ↓ -90%
Vail Health COMM $19.17 ↓ -85%
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $25.22 ↓ -80%
Kaiser KPIF $25.22 ↓ -80%
Kaiser KPSelect $25.22 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $26.10 ↓ -79%
Anthem PathwayEssentials $28.53 ↓ -77%
Anthem PathwayNSBP $36.39 ↓ -71%
Bright Health OON $37.83 ↓ -70%
Kaiser HMO $44.76 ↓ -65%
Kaiser PPO $44.76 ↓ -65%
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $52.96 ↓ -58%
Anthem PPO $55.77 ↓ -56%
Anthem HMO $55.77 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefit $56.74 ↓ -55%
Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) COMM $63.05 ↓ -50%
Aetna Cofinity $66.58 ↓ -47%
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $80.70 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $80.70 ↓ -36%
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $80.70 ↓ -36%
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $80.70 ↓ -36%
Western Plains Community Health COMM $81.96 ↓ -35%
Physician Health Partners MCR $88.26 ↓ -30%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $88.26 ↓ -30%
NorthCare COMM $88.26 ↓ -30%
Anthem PAR $93.31 ↓ -26%
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $94.57 ↓ -25%
Medical Development International COMM $100.87 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $107.18 ↓ -15%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $113.48 ↓ -10%
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $113.48 ↓ -10%
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ASA not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital

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Galactose transferase test at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $8.17 $11.39 – $34.20
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $8.28 $9.25 – $34.20
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $11.88 $10.04 – $34.92
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $22.18 $15.17 – $34.92
AdventHealth Porter Denver $19.42 $11.51 – $21.72
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver $210.00 $7.48 – $28.53
HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE Lone Tree $107.42 $6.71 – $28.53
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