L/s ratio fetal lung 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

$2,945.50

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.

$2,945.50

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.

$11.72 with Cigna vs $2,650.95 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 $11.72 ↓ -100%
Cigna SureFit $14.00 ↓ -100%
Cigna Connect-NSBP $15.43 ↓ -99%
Cigna Broad $19.29 ↓ -99%
Humana MCR $21.77 ↓ -99%
United MCR $21.88 ↓ -99%
Mutual of Omaha MCR $21.99 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MCRAdvantage $21.99 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring Medicare $21.99 ↓ -99%
Bright Health PFFS $21.99 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCRADVHMO $21.99 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCRADVPPO $21.99 ↓ -99%
Bright Health MCRSNP $21.99 ↓ -99%
Total LongTerm Care MCR $21.99 ↓ -99%
Bright Health MCRPOS $21.99 ↓ -99%
Bright Health MCRHMO $21.99 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $21.99 ↓ -99%
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $21.99 ↓ -99%
Bright Health DualEligible $21.99 ↓ -99%
Anthem BCBS MCR $21.99 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance FED $21.99 ↓ -99%
Bright Health MCRPPO $21.99 ↓ -99%
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $21.99 ↓ -99%
Rocky Mountain Health MGMCR $21.99 ↓ -99%
Kaiser MGMCR $22.43 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCR $22.65 ↓ -99%
Delaware Life Insurance MGMCR $23.09 ↓ -99%
Anthem PathwayEssentials $53.44 ↓ -98%
Anthem PathwayNSBP $68.17 ↓ -98%
Anthem PPO $104.45 ↓ -96%
Anthem HMO $104.45 ↓ -96%
Vail Health COMM $447.72 ↓ -85%
Kaiser KPSelect $589.10 ↓ -80%
Kaiser KPIF $589.10 ↓ -80%
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $589.10 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $609.72 ↓ -79%
Bright Health OON $883.65 ↓ -70%
Kaiser PPO $1,045.65 ↓ -65%
Kaiser HMO $1,045.65 ↓ -65%
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $1,237.11 ↓ -58%
United GlobalBenefit $1,325.47 ↓ -55%
Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) COMM $1,472.75 ↓ -50%
Aetna Cofinity $1,555.22 ↓ -47%
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $1,885.12 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $1,885.12 ↓ -36%
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $1,885.12 ↓ -36%
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $1,885.12 ↓ -36%
Western Plains Community Health COMM $1,914.58 ↓ -35%
Physician Health Partners MCR $2,061.85 ↓ -30%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $2,061.85 ↓ -30%
NorthCare COMM $2,061.85 ↓ -30%
Anthem PAR $2,179.67 ↓ -26%
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $2,209.13 ↓ -25%
Medical Development International COMM $2,356.40 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $2,503.68 ↓ -15%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $2,650.95 ↓ -10%
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $2,650.95 ↓ -10%
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ASA not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital

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