Mayo factor x 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

$2,813.58

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.

$2,813.58

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.

$9.54 with Cigna vs $2,532.22 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 $9.54 ↓ -100%
Cigna SureFit $11.41 ↓ -100%
Cigna Connect-NSBP $12.57 ↓ -100%
Cigna Broad $15.71 ↓ -99%
Humana MCR $17.72 ↓ -99%
United MCR $17.81 ↓ -99%
Mutual of Omaha MCR $17.90 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MCRAdvantage $17.90 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring Medicare $17.90 ↓ -99%
Bright Health PFFS $17.90 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCRADVHMO $17.90 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCRADVPPO $17.90 ↓ -99%
Bright Health MCRSNP $17.90 ↓ -99%
Total LongTerm Care MCR $17.90 ↓ -99%
Bright Health MCRPOS $17.90 ↓ -99%
Bright Health MCRHMO $17.90 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $17.90 ↓ -99%
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $17.90 ↓ -99%
Bright Health DualEligible $17.90 ↓ -99%
Anthem BCBS MCR $17.90 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance FED $17.90 ↓ -99%
Bright Health MCRPPO $17.90 ↓ -99%
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $17.90 ↓ -99%
Rocky Mountain Health MGMCR $17.90 ↓ -99%
Kaiser MGMCR $18.26 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCR $18.44 ↓ -99%
Delaware Life Insurance MGMCR $18.79 ↓ -99%
Anthem PathwayEssentials $43.50 ↓ -98%
Anthem PathwayNSBP $55.49 ↓ -98%
Anthem PPO $85.02 ↓ -97%
Anthem HMO $85.02 ↓ -97%
Vail Health COMM $427.66 ↓ -85%
Kaiser KPSelect $562.72 ↓ -80%
Kaiser KPIF $562.72 ↓ -80%
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $562.72 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $582.41 ↓ -79%
Bright Health OON $844.07 ↓ -70%
Kaiser PPO $998.82 ↓ -65%
Kaiser HMO $998.82 ↓ -65%
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $1,181.70 ↓ -58%
United GlobalBenefit $1,266.11 ↓ -55%
Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) COMM $1,406.79 ↓ -50%
Aetna Cofinity $1,485.57 ↓ -47%
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $1,800.69 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $1,800.69 ↓ -36%
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $1,800.69 ↓ -36%
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $1,800.69 ↓ -36%
Western Plains Community Health COMM $1,828.83 ↓ -35%
Physician Health Partners MCR $1,969.51 ↓ -30%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $1,969.51 ↓ -30%
NorthCare COMM $1,969.51 ↓ -30%
Anthem PAR $2,082.05 ↓ -26%
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $2,110.18 ↓ -25%
Medical Development International COMM $2,250.86 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $2,391.54 ↓ -15%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $2,532.22 ↓ -10%
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $2,532.22 ↓ -10%
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ASA not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital

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Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $7.75 $17.36 – $72.20
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $21.43 $13.88 – $51.30
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $25.46 $17.90 – $73.72
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AdventHealth Porter Denver $490.57 $17.54 – $33.12
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HCA HealthONE MOUNTAIN RIDGE Thornton $1,380.35 $8.50 – $43.50
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