Ghs fish cytogen 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.

$11.41 with Cigna vs $1,188.50 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 $11.41
Cigna SureFit $13.64
Cigna Connect-NSBP $15.03
Cigna Broad $18.79
Humana MCR $21.21
United MCR $21.31
Mutual of Omaha MCR $21.42
Devoted Health MCRAdvantage $21.42
Cigna HealthSpring Medicare $21.42
Bright Health PFFS $21.42
Aetna MCRADVHMO $21.42
Aetna MCRADVPPO $21.42
Bright Health MCRSNP $21.42
Total LongTerm Care MCR $21.42
Bright Health MCRPOS $21.42
Bright Health MCRHMO $21.42
United AllPayerAppendix $21.42
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $21.42
Bright Health DualEligible $21.42
Anthem BCBS MCR $21.42
TriWest Health Alliance FED $21.42
Bright Health MCRPPO $21.42
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $21.42
Rocky Mountain Health MGMCR $21.42
Kaiser MGMCR $21.85
WellCare MCR $22.06
Delaware Life Insurance MGMCR $22.49
Anthem PathwayEssentials $52.05
Anthem PathwayNSBP $66.40
Anthem PPO $101.75
Anthem HMO $101.75
Vail Health COMM $200.73
Kaiser KPSelect $264.11
Kaiser KPIF $264.11
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $264.11
United OptionsPPO $273.36
Bright Health OON $396.17
Kaiser PPO $468.80
Kaiser HMO $468.80
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $554.64
United GlobalBenefit $594.25
Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) COMM $660.28
Aetna Cofinity $697.26
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $845.16
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $845.16
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $845.16
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $845.16
Western Plains Community Health COMM $858.36
Physician Health Partners MCR $924.39
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $924.39
NorthCare COMM $924.39
Anthem PAR $977.21
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $990.42
Medical Development International COMM $1,056.45
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $1,122.48
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $1,188.50
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $1,188.50
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ASA not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital

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Ghs fish cytogen at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $133.01 $20.78 – $61.75
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $124.85 $16.70 – $61.75
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $121.86 $18.14 – $63.05
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AdventHealth Porter Denver $543.17 $20.99 – $39.63
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AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $543.17 $20.99 – $39.63
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $543.17 $20.99 – $39.63

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