In situ hybridization per specimen each additional single probe stain 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

$143.15

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.

$143.15

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.

$21.76 with Vail Health vs $520.41 with Anthem — 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
Vail Health COMM $21.76 ↓ -85%
Kaiser KPSelect $28.63 ↓ -80%
Kaiser KPIF $28.63 ↓ -80%
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $28.63 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $29.63 ↓ -79%
Aetna MCRADVHMO $42.95 ↓ -70%
Bright Health OON $42.95 ↓ -70%
Aetna MCRADVPPO $42.95 ↓ -70%
Kaiser HMO $50.82 ↓ -64%
Kaiser PPO $50.82 ↓ -64%
Cigna Connect-SBP $55.63 ↓ -61%
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $60.12 ↓ -58%
United GlobalBenefit $64.42 ↓ -55%
Cigna SureFit $66.48 ↓ -54%
Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) COMM $71.58 ↓ -50%
Cigna Connect-NSBP $73.27 ↓ -49%
Aetna Cofinity $75.58 ↓ -47%
Cigna Broad $91.58 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $91.62 ↓ -36%
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $91.62 ↓ -36%
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $91.62 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $91.62 ↓ -36%
Western Plains Community Health COMM $93.05 ↓ -35%
NorthCare COMM $100.20 ↓ -30%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $100.20 ↓ -30%
Physician Health Partners MCR $100.20 ↓ -30%
Anthem PAR $105.93 ↓ -26%
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $107.36 ↓ -25%
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $109.56 ↓ -23%
United AllPayerAppendix $109.56 ↓ -23%
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $109.56 ↓ -23%
TriWest Health Alliance FED $114.52 ↓ -20%
Medical Development International COMM $114.52 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $121.68 ↓ -15%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $128.84 ↓ -10%
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $128.84 ↓ -10%
Anthem PathwayEssentials $266.23 ↑ +86%
Anthem PathwayNSBP $339.64 ↑ +137%
Anthem PPO $520.41 ↑ +264%
Anthem HMO $520.41 ↑ +264%
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital
Aetna ASA not published by hospital

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In situ hybridization per specimen each additional single probe stain at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $245.60 $149.57 – $718.58
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $105.50 $37.94 – $131.92
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $131.82 $90.18 – $207.58
AdventHealth Porter Denver $290.57 $164.34 – $351.88
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver $1,425.00 $66.48 – $266.23
HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE PARKER $301.00 $59.70 – $292.15
HCA HealthONE BELMAR ER, A PART OF SWEDISH LAKEWOOD $2,165.56 $61.06 – $266.23
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $290.57 $164.34 – $351.88

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