IV Fluids (first hour) 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.
$123.27 with Vail Health vs $729.91 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 |
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| Vail Health | COMM | $123.27 | — |
| Kaiser | KPSelect | $162.20 | — |
| Kaiser | CommercialSmallGroupPlans | $162.20 | — |
| Kaiser | KPIF | $162.20 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $167.88 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-SBP | $175.18 | — |
| Cigna | SureFit | $206.00 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-NSBP | $210.05 | — |
| WPPA | UnifiedHealthPlan | $243.30 | — |
| Bright Health | OON | $243.30 | — |
| Aetna | NBR | $248.17 | — |
| Kaiser | PPO | $287.91 | — |
| Cigna | Broad | $287.91 | — |
| Kaiser | HMO | $287.91 | — |
| Aetna | ExistingBusiness | $302.51 | — |
| Pinnacol Workers Comp | WORKERSCOMP | $329.81 | — |
| Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs | HCP | $340.62 | — |
| Multiplan | WorkersComp | $343.70 | — |
| Multiplan | BeechStreetWorkersComp | $343.70 | — |
| United | ColoradoDoctorsPlan | $358.56 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefit | $364.95 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | $365.77 | — |
| Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) | COMM | $405.50 | — |
| Aetna | Cofinity | $424.16 | — |
| WPPA | OutofServiceArea | $486.61 | — |
| Cigna | SureFitLeanBenefitPlans | $519.05 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans | $519.05 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans | $519.05 | — |
| Cigna | BroadLeanBenefitPlans | $519.05 | — |
| Western Plains Community Health | COMM | $527.16 | — |
| Physician Health Partners | MCR | $567.71 | — |
| NorthCare | COMM | $567.71 | — |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK | $567.71 | — |
| Anthem | PAR | $600.15 | — |
| Medical Development International | COMM | $648.81 | — |
| Rocky Mountain Health Plan | AllPayerAppendix | $651.93 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $651.93 | — |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK | $689.36 | — |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $729.91 | — |
| Multiplan | BeechStreetCOMMPPO | $729.91 | — |
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IV Fluids (first hour) at other Colorado hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner Fort Collins Medical Center | Fort Collins | $240.17 | $159.08 – $508.18 |
| Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus | Loveland | $148.60 | $99.72 – $508.80 |
| Sterling Regional Medical Center | Sterling | $215.82 | $118.30 – $411.28 |
| East Morgan County Hospital | Brush | $232.78 | $178.67 – $411.28 |
| AdventHealth Porter | Denver | $933.33 | $56.64 – $415.10 |
| AdventHealth Littleton | Littleton | $933.33 | $56.64 – $415.10 |
| AdventHealth Avista | Louisville | $933.33 | $56.64 – $419.70 |
| AdventHealth Castle Rock | Castle Rock | $933.33 | $56.64 – $415.10 |