MRI upper extremity other than joint without contrast (both sides) 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.
$155.18 with Anthem vs $8,561.26 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.
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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| Anthem | PathwayEssentials | $155.18 | — |
| Anthem | PathwayNSBP | $197.97 | — |
| Anthem | HMO | $316.75 | — |
| Anthem | PPO | $316.75 | — |
| Pinnacol Workers Comp | WORKERSCOMP | $377.05 | — |
| United | ColoradoDoctorsPlan | $391.22 | — |
| Multiplan | BeechStreetWorkersComp | $392.93 | — |
| Multiplan | WorkersComp | $392.93 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $517.79 | — |
| Rocky Mountain Health Plan | AllPayerAppendix | $517.79 | — |
| Vail Health | COMM | $1,445.90 | — |
| Aetna | NBR | $1,552.00 | — |
| Aetna | ExistingBusiness | $1,893.00 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,969.09 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | $2,352.00 | — |
| Bright Health | OON | $2,853.75 | — |
| Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs | HCP | $3,995.25 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefit | $4,280.63 | — |
| Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) | COMM | $4,756.26 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans | $6,088.01 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans | $6,088.01 | — |
| Cigna | SureFitLeanBenefitPlans | $6,088.01 | — |
| Cigna | BroadLeanBenefitPlans | $6,088.01 | — |
| Western Plains Community Health | COMM | $6,183.13 | — |
| NorthCare | COMM | $6,658.76 | — |
| Physician Health Partners | MCR | $6,658.76 | — |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK | $6,658.76 | — |
| Anthem | PAR | $7,039.26 | — |
| Medical Development International | COMM | $7,610.01 | — |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK | $8,085.63 | — |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $8,561.26 | — |
| Multiplan | BeechStreetCOMMPPO | $8,561.26 | — |
| Aetna | Cofinity | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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MRI upper extremity other than joint without contrast (both sides) at other Colorado hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Fort Collins Medical Center | Fort Collins | $494.05 | $535.87 – $1,241.65 |
| Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus | Loveland | $504.50 | $335.90 – $1,241.65 |
| Sterling Regional Medical Center | Sterling | $1,069.52 | $647.28 – $2,250.40 |
| East Morgan County Hospital | Brush | $1,698.24 | $58.57 – $134.83 |
| AdventHealth Porter | Denver | $5,237.40 | $246.66 – $465.64 |
| AdventHealth Littleton | Littleton | $5,237.40 | $246.66 – $465.64 |
| AdventHealth Avista | Louisville | $5,237.40 | $249.40 – $470.81 |
| AdventHealth Castle Rock | Castle Rock | $5,237.40 | $246.66 – $465.64 |