Magnesium sulfate 2 gram/50 ml (4 %) in water intravenous piggyback 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.
$0.56 with Cigna vs $22.96 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.
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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| Cigna | Connect-NSBP | $0.56 | — |
| Cigna | Broad | $0.56 | — |
| Cigna | SureFit | $0.56 | — |
| United | ColoradoDoctorsPlan | $0.68 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-SBP | $1.09 | — |
| Rocky Mountain Health Plan | AllPayerAppendix | $1.23 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $1.23 | — |
| Vail Health | COMM | $3.88 | — |
| Kaiser | CommercialSmallGroupPlans | $5.10 | — |
| Kaiser | KPSelect | $5.10 | — |
| Kaiser | KPIF | $5.10 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $5.28 | — |
| Bright Health | OON | $7.65 | — |
| Aetna | MCRADVHMO | $7.65 | — |
| Aetna | MCRADVPPO | $7.65 | — |
| Kaiser | PPO | $9.06 | — |
| Kaiser | HMO | $9.06 | — |
| Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs | HCP | $10.71 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefit | $11.48 | — |
| Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) | COMM | $12.76 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans | $16.33 | — |
| Cigna | SureFitLeanBenefitPlans | $16.33 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans | $16.33 | — |
| Cigna | BroadLeanBenefitPlans | $16.33 | — |
| Western Plains Community Health | COMM | $16.58 | — |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK | $17.86 | — |
| NorthCare | COMM | $17.86 | — |
| Physician Health Partners | MCR | $17.86 | — |
| Anthem | PAR | $18.88 | — |
| Pinnacol Workers Comp | WORKERSCOMP | $19.13 | — |
| Medical Development International | COMM | $20.41 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | FED | $20.41 | — |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK | $21.68 | — |
| Multiplan | BeechStreetCOMMPPO | $22.96 | — |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $22.96 | — |
| Aetna | ExistingBusiness | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | ASA | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | NBR | not published by hospital | — |
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Magnesium sulfate 2 gram/50 ml (4 %) in water intravenous piggyback at other Colorado hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| AdventHealth Porter | Denver | $300.18 | $0.53 – $0.92 |
| HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION | Denver | $4.95 | $0.68 – $1.23 |
| AdventHealth Littleton | Littleton | $300.18 | $0.53 – $0.92 |
| AdventHealth Avista | Louisville | $300.18 | $0.53 – $0.92 |
| AdventHealth Castle Rock | Castle Rock | $300.18 | $0.53 – $0.92 |
| AdventHealth Parker | Parker | $300.18 | $0.53 – $0.92 |
| CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE | DENVER | not published | $0.56 – $1.23 |
| HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's | Denver | not published | $0.56 – $0.68 |