Mucin synovial fluid 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

$355.15

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.

$355.15

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.

$3.12 with Cigna vs $319.63 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 $3.12 ↓ -99%
Cigna SureFit $3.73 ↓ -99%
Cigna Connect-NSBP $4.11 ↓ -99%
Cigna Broad $5.14 ↓ -99%
Humana MCR $5.80 ↓ -98%
United MCR $5.83 ↓ -98%
Mutual of Omaha MCR $5.86 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MCRAdvantage $5.86 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring Medicare $5.86 ↓ -98%
Bright Health PFFS $5.86 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCRADVHMO $5.86 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCRADVPPO $5.86 ↓ -98%
Bright Health MCRSNP $5.86 ↓ -98%
Total LongTerm Care MCR $5.86 ↓ -98%
Bright Health MCRPOS $5.86 ↓ -98%
Bright Health MCRHMO $5.86 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $5.86 ↓ -98%
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $5.86 ↓ -98%
Bright Health DualEligible $5.86 ↓ -98%
Anthem BCBS MCR $5.86 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance FED $5.86 ↓ -98%
Bright Health MCRPPO $5.86 ↓ -98%
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $5.86 ↓ -98%
Rocky Mountain Health MGMCR $5.86 ↓ -98%
Kaiser MGMCR $5.98 ↓ -98%
WellCare MCR $6.04 ↓ -98%
Delaware Life Insurance MGMCR $6.15 ↓ -98%
Anthem PathwayEssentials $14.24 ↓ -96%
Anthem PathwayNSBP $18.17 ↓ -95%
Anthem PPO $27.84 ↓ -92%
Anthem HMO $27.84 ↓ -92%
Vail Health COMM $53.98 ↓ -85%
Kaiser KPSelect $71.03 ↓ -80%
Kaiser KPIF $71.03 ↓ -80%
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $71.03 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $73.52 ↓ -79%
Bright Health OON $106.55 ↓ -70%
Kaiser PPO $126.08 ↓ -64%
Kaiser HMO $126.08 ↓ -64%
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $149.16 ↓ -58%
United GlobalBenefit $159.82 ↓ -55%
Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) COMM $177.57 ↓ -50%
Aetna Cofinity $187.52 ↓ -47%
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $227.30 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $227.30 ↓ -36%
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $227.30 ↓ -36%
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $227.30 ↓ -36%
Western Plains Community Health COMM $230.85 ↓ -35%
Physician Health Partners MCR $248.60 ↓ -30%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $248.60 ↓ -30%
NorthCare COMM $248.60 ↓ -30%
Anthem PAR $262.81 ↓ -26%
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $266.36 ↓ -25%
Medical Development International COMM $284.12 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $301.88 ↓ -15%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $319.63 ↓ -10%
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $319.63 ↓ -10%
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ASA not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital

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Mucin synovial fluid at other Colorado hospitals

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HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE Lone Tree $305.97 $3.35 – $14.24
HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE PARKER $305.97 $3.35 – $14.24
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AdventHealth Littleton Littleton not published $5.74 – $10.84
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