Lead capillary 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.

$6.45 with Cigna vs $896.26 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 $6.45
Cigna SureFit $7.71
Cigna Connect-NSBP $8.50
Cigna Broad $10.62
Humana MCR $11.99
United MCR $12.05
Bright Health MCRPOS $12.11
Mutual of Omaha MCR $12.11
United AllPayerAppendix $12.11
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $12.11
Devoted Health MCRAdvantage $12.11
Cigna HealthSpring Medicare $12.11
Bright Health PFFS $12.11
Bright Health MCRSNP $12.11
Bright Health MCRPPO $12.11
Anthem BCBS MCR $12.11
Bright Health DualEligible $12.11
Bright Health MCRHMO $12.11
TriWest Health Alliance FED $12.11
Total LongTerm Care MCR $12.11
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $12.11
Aetna MCRADVHMO $12.11
Aetna MCRADVPPO $12.11
Rocky Mountain Health MGMCR $12.11
Kaiser MGMCR $12.35
WellCare MCR $12.47
Delaware Life Insurance MGMCR $12.72
Anthem PathwayEssentials $29.43
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $33.25
Multiplan WorkersComp $34.65
Multiplan BeechStreetWorkersComp $34.65
Anthem PathwayNSBP $37.54
Anthem PPO $57.52
Anthem HMO $57.52
Vail Health COMM $151.37
Kaiser KPIF $199.17
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $199.17
Kaiser KPSelect $199.17
United OptionsPPO $206.14
Bright Health OON $298.75
Kaiser PPO $353.53
Kaiser HMO $353.53
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $418.26
United GlobalBenefit $448.13
Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) COMM $497.93
Aetna Cofinity $525.81
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $637.34
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $637.34
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $637.34
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $637.34
Western Plains Community Health COMM $647.30
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $697.10
NorthCare COMM $697.10
Physician Health Partners MCR $697.10
Anthem PAR $736.93
Medical Development International COMM $796.68
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $846.47
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $896.26
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $896.26
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital
Aetna ASA not published by hospital

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Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $13.39 $11.75 – $35.15
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