Methylprednisolone sodium succinate 1,000 mg intravenous solution 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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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.

$0.29 with Cigna vs $14.28 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

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-NSBP $0.29
Cigna Broad $0.29
Cigna SureFit $0.29
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $0.43
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $0.78
United AllPayerAppendix $0.78
Vail Health COMM $2.41
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $3.17
Kaiser KPIF $3.17
Kaiser KPSelect $3.17
United OptionsPPO $3.29
Cigna Connect-SBP $3.43
Aetna MCRADVPPO $4.76
Bright Health OON $4.76
Aetna MCRADVHMO $4.76
Kaiser PPO $5.63
Kaiser HMO $5.63
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $6.67
United GlobalBenefit $7.14
Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) COMM $7.93
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $10.16
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $10.16
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $10.16
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $10.16
Western Plains Community Health COMM $10.32
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $11.11
NorthCare COMM $11.11
Physician Health Partners MCR $11.11
Anthem PAR $11.74
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $11.90
Medical Development International COMM $12.70
TriWest Health Alliance FED $12.70
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $13.49
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $14.28
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $14.28
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital
Aetna ASA not published by hospital
Aetna NBR not published by hospital

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Methylprednisolone sodium succinate 1,000 mg intravenous solution at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION Denver $576.95 $0.43 – $0.78
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins not published $0.01 – $0.43
AdventHealth Porter Denver not published $0.27 – $0.47
CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE DENVER not published $0.29 – $0.78
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver not published $0.29 – $0.43
HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE Lone Tree not published $0.29 – $0.78
HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE PARKER not published $0.24 – $0.78
HCA HealthONE BELMAR ER, A PART OF SWEDISH LAKEWOOD not published $0.29 – $0.78

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