Heparin assay at HCA HealthONE AURORA
1501 S. Potomac Street, Aurora, CO · HCA HealthONE · · NPI 1659327013
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Cash price 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 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.
$6.98 with Cigna vs $298.74 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cigna | Connect-SBP | $6.98 | — |
| Cigna | SureFit | $8.34 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-NSBP | $9.19 | — |
| Cigna | Broad | $11.49 | — |
| Humana | MCR | $12.96 | — |
| United | MCR | $13.02 | — |
| Mutual of Omaha | MCR | $13.09 | — |
| Devoted Health | MCRAdvantage | $13.09 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | Medicare | $13.09 | — |
| Bright Health | PFFS | $13.09 | — |
| Aetna | MCRADVHMO | $13.09 | — |
| Aetna | MCRADVPPO | $13.09 | — |
| Bright Health | MCRSNP | $13.09 | — |
| Total LongTerm Care | MCR | $13.09 | — |
| Bright Health | MCRPOS | $13.09 | — |
| Bright Health | MCRHMO | $13.09 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $13.09 | — |
| United | ColoradoDoctorsPlan | $13.09 | — |
| Bright Health | DualEligible | $13.09 | — |
| Anthem BCBS | MCR | $13.09 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | FED | $13.09 | — |
| Bright Health | MCRPPO | $13.09 | — |
| Rocky Mountain Health Plan | AllPayerAppendix | $13.09 | — |
| Rocky Mountain Health | MGMCR | $13.09 | — |
| Kaiser | MGMCR | $13.35 | — |
| WellCare | MCR | $13.48 | — |
| Delaware Life Insurance | MGMCR | $13.74 | — |
| Anthem | PathwayEssentials | $31.81 | — |
| Anthem | PathwayNSBP | $40.58 | — |
| Vail Health | COMM | $50.45 | — |
| Anthem | PPO | $62.18 | — |
| Anthem | HMO | $62.18 | — |
| Kaiser | KPSelect | $66.39 | — |
| Kaiser | KPIF | $66.39 | — |
| Kaiser | CommercialSmallGroupPlans | $66.39 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $68.71 | — |
| Bright Health | OON | $99.58 | — |
| Kaiser | PPO | $117.84 | — |
| Kaiser | HMO | $117.84 | — |
| Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs | HCP | $139.41 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefit | $149.37 | — |
| Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) | COMM | $165.97 | — |
| Aetna | Cofinity | $175.26 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans | $212.44 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans | $212.44 | — |
| Cigna | BroadLeanBenefitPlans | $212.44 | — |
| Cigna | SureFitLeanBenefitPlans | $212.44 | — |
| Western Plains Community Health | COMM | $215.75 | — |
| Physician Health Partners | MCR | $232.35 | — |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK | $232.35 | — |
| NorthCare | COMM | $232.35 | — |
| Anthem | PAR | $245.63 | — |
| Pinnacol Workers Comp | WORKERSCOMP | $248.95 | — |
| Medical Development International | COMM | $265.54 | — |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK | $282.14 | — |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $298.74 | — |
| Multiplan | BeechStreetCOMMPPO | $298.74 | — |
| Aetna | NBR | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | ASA | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | ExistingBusiness | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Heparin assay at other Colorado hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus | Loveland | $18.33 | $12.70 – $61.75 |
| Sterling Regional Medical Center | Sterling | $21.78 | $13.09 – $63.05 |
| East Morgan County Hospital | Brush | $40.49 | $27.39 – $63.05 |
| AdventHealth Porter | Denver | $1,144.67 | $12.83 – $24.22 |
| HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE | PARKER | $449.00 | $7.49 – $134.84 |
| AdventHealth Littleton | Littleton | $1,144.67 | $12.83 – $24.22 |
| AdventHealth Avista | Louisville | $1,144.67 | $12.83 – $24.22 |
| AdventHealth Castle Rock | Castle Rock | $1,144.67 | $12.83 – $24.22 |