Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe sars-cov-2/covid-19 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.

$13.71 with Vail Health vs $243.72 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 $13.71
Kaiser KPIF $18.04
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $18.04
Kaiser KPSelect $18.04
United OptionsPPO $18.67
Cigna Connect-SBP $19.48
Cigna SureFit $22.91
Cigna Connect-NSBP $23.36
Bright Health OON $27.06
Kaiser HMO $32.02
Cigna Broad $32.02
Kaiser PPO $32.02
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $37.88
United GlobalBenefit $40.59
Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) COMM $45.10
Aetna Cofinity $47.63
Humana MCR $50.80
United MCR $51.05
Bright Health MCRPPO $51.31
TriWest Health Alliance FED $51.31
Total LongTerm Care MCR $51.31
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $51.31
Rocky Mountain Health MGMCR $51.31
Devoted Health MCRAdvantage $51.31
Mutual of Omaha MCR $51.31
Aetna MCRADVHMO $51.31
Aetna MCRADVPPO $51.31
United AllPayerAppendix $51.31
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $51.31
Cigna HealthSpring Medicare $51.31
Bright Health PFFS $51.31
Bright Health MCRSNP $51.31
Anthem BCBS MCR $51.31
Bright Health DualEligible $51.31
Bright Health MCRHMO $51.31
Bright Health MCRPOS $51.31
Kaiser MGMCR $52.34
WellCare MCR $52.85
Delaware Life Insurance MGMCR $53.88
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $57.73
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $57.73
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $57.73
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $57.73
Western Plains Community Health COMM $58.63
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $63.14
NorthCare COMM $63.14
Physician Health Partners MCR $63.14
Anthem PAR $66.75
Medical Development International COMM $72.16
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $76.67
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $81.18
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $81.18
Anthem PathwayEssentials $124.68
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $140.88
Multiplan WorkersComp $146.81
Multiplan BeechStreetWorkersComp $146.81
Anthem PathwayNSBP $159.06
Anthem HMO $243.72
Anthem PPO $243.72
Aetna ASA not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital
Aetna NBR not published by hospital

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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe sars-cov-2/covid-19 at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $22.33 $49.77 – $146.30
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $42.97 $39.58 – $146.30
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $66.22 $42.97 – $149.38
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $102.87 $64.90 – $149.38
AdventHealth Porter Denver $147.43 $50.28 – $94.92
HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE PARKER $62.00 $50.80 – $146.81
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $147.43 $50.28 – $94.92
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $147.43 $50.28 – $94.92

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