Manipulation chest wall initial demonstration/evaluation 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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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.

$89.45 with Vail Health vs $529.64 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
Vail Health COMM $89.45
Kaiser KPIF $117.70
Kaiser KPSelect $117.70
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $117.70
United OptionsPPO $121.82
Cigna Connect-SBP $127.11
Cigna SureFit $149.48
Cigna Connect-NSBP $152.42
Bright Health OON $176.55
Aetna NBR $191.85
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $196.56
Multiplan BeechStreetWorkersComp $204.84
Multiplan WorkersComp $204.84
Cigna Broad $208.91
Kaiser PPO $208.91
Kaiser HMO $208.91
Aetna ExistingBusiness $233.63
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $247.17
United GlobalBenefit $264.82
Aetna ASA $280.71
Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) COMM $294.25
Aetna Cofinity $310.72
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $376.63
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $376.63
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $376.63
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $376.63
Western Plains Community Health COMM $382.52
Physician Health Partners MCR $411.94
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $411.94
NorthCare COMM $411.94
Anthem PAR $435.48
Medical Development International COMM $470.79
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $500.22
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $529.64
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $529.64

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Manipulation chest wall initial demonstration/evaluation at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $62.95 $95.94 – $310.90
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $75.82 $60.14 – $311.28
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $72.28 $39.62 – $142.49
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $75.69 $59.84 – $137.74
AdventHealth Porter Denver $1,001.73 $46.49 – $259.65
CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE DENVER $1,093.00 $196.56 – $204.84
HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE Lone Tree $736.45 $196.56 – $204.84
HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE PARKER $736.45 $27.55 – $204.84

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