Laryngeal function studies 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

$644.05

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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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$644.05

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.

$94.26 with Humana vs $579.64 with Prime Health — 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
Humana MCR $94.26 ↓ -85%
United MCR $94.73 ↓ -85%
Bright Health PFFS $95.21 ↓ -85%
Devoted Health MCRAdvantage $95.21 ↓ -85%
Mutual of Omaha MCR $95.21 ↓ -85%
Cigna HealthSpring Medicare $95.21 ↓ -85%
Anthem BCBS MCR $95.21 ↓ -85%
Bright Health DualEligible $95.21 ↓ -85%
Bright Health MCRHMO $95.21 ↓ -85%
Bright Health MCRPOS $95.21 ↓ -85%
Bright Health MCRPPO $95.21 ↓ -85%
Bright Health MCRSNP $95.21 ↓ -85%
TriWest Health Alliance FED $95.21 ↓ -85%
Aetna MCRADVHMO $95.21 ↓ -85%
Aetna MCRADVPPO $95.21 ↓ -85%
Total LongTerm Care MCR $95.21 ↓ -85%
Rocky Mountain Health MGMCR $95.21 ↓ -85%
Kaiser MGMCR $97.11 ↓ -85%
Vail Health COMM $97.90 ↓ -85%
WellCare MCR $98.07 ↓ -85%
Delaware Life Insurance MGMCR $99.97 ↓ -84%
Kaiser KPIF $128.81 ↓ -80%
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $128.81 ↓ -80%
Kaiser KPSelect $128.81 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $133.32 ↓ -79%
Bright Health OON $193.22 ↓ -70%
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $196.56 ↓ -69%
Multiplan WorkersComp $204.84 ↓ -68%
Multiplan BeechStreetWorkersComp $204.84 ↓ -68%
Kaiser PPO $228.64 ↓ -64%
Kaiser HMO $228.64 ↓ -64%
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $270.50 ↓ -58%
United GlobalBenefit $289.82 ↓ -55%
Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) COMM $322.02 ↓ -50%
Aetna Cofinity $340.06 ↓ -47%
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $412.19 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $412.19 ↓ -36%
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $412.19 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $412.19 ↓ -36%
Western Plains Community Health COMM $418.63 ↓ -35%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $450.83 ↓ -30%
Physician Health Partners MCR $450.83 ↓ -30%
NorthCare COMM $450.83 ↓ -30%
Anthem PAR $476.60 ↓ -26%
Medical Development International COMM $515.24 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $547.44 ↓ -15%
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $579.64 ↓ -10%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $579.64 ↓ -10%

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Laryngeal function studies at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $94.59 $56.80 – $298.00
CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE DENVER $1,323.00 $94.26 – $204.84
AdventHealth Porter Denver not published $71.45 – $259.65
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver not published $80.93 – $204.84
HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE Lone Tree not published $94.26 – $204.84
HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE PARKER not published $45.60 – $204.84
HCA HealthONE BELMAR ER, A PART OF SWEDISH LAKEWOOD not published $94.26 – $204.84
HCA HealthONE MOUNTAIN RIDGE Thornton not published $94.26 – $204.84

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