Lactic acid 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.

$6.17 with Cigna vs $658.47 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 $6.17
Cigna SureFit $7.37
Cigna Connect-NSBP $8.12
Cigna Broad $10.15
Humana MCR $11.45
United MCR $11.51
Bright Health MCRPOS $11.57
Mutual of Omaha MCR $11.57
United AllPayerAppendix $11.57
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $11.57
Devoted Health MCRAdvantage $11.57
Cigna HealthSpring Medicare $11.57
Bright Health PFFS $11.57
Bright Health MCRSNP $11.57
Bright Health MCRPPO $11.57
Anthem BCBS MCR $11.57
Bright Health DualEligible $11.57
Bright Health MCRHMO $11.57
TriWest Health Alliance FED $11.57
Total LongTerm Care MCR $11.57
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $11.57
Aetna MCRADVHMO $11.57
Aetna MCRADVPPO $11.57
Rocky Mountain Health MGMCR $11.57
Kaiser MGMCR $11.80
WellCare MCR $11.92
Delaware Life Insurance MGMCR $12.15
Anthem PathwayEssentials $28.12
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $31.77
Multiplan WorkersComp $33.11
Multiplan BeechStreetWorkersComp $33.11
Anthem PathwayNSBP $35.87
Anthem PPO $54.96
Anthem HMO $54.96
Vail Health COMM $111.21
Kaiser KPIF $146.33
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $146.33
Kaiser KPSelect $146.33
United OptionsPPO $151.45
Bright Health OON $219.49
Kaiser PPO $259.73
Kaiser HMO $259.73
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $307.28
United GlobalBenefit $329.23
Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) COMM $365.81
Aetna Cofinity $386.30
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $468.24
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $468.24
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $468.24
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $468.24
Western Plains Community Health COMM $475.56
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $512.14
NorthCare COMM $512.14
Physician Health Partners MCR $512.14
Anthem PAR $541.41
Medical Development International COMM $585.30
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $621.89
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $658.47
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $658.47
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital
Aetna ASA not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $19.98 $11.22 – $33.25
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $20.24 $8.99 – $33.25
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $42.57 $9.77 – $33.95
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $79.46 $14.75 – $33.95
AdventHealth Porter Denver $249.28 $11.34 – $21.40
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $249.28 $11.34 – $21.40
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $249.28 $11.34 – $21.40
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $249.28 $11.34 – $21.40

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