Myelogphy 2/> spine regions 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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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.

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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.

$148.35 with Anthem vs $13,831.89 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
Anthem PathwayEssentials $148.35
Anthem PathwayNSBP $189.25
Anthem HMO $302.81
Anthem PPO $302.81
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $1,215.81
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $1,232.06
Multiplan WorkersComp $1,283.93
Multiplan BeechStreetWorkersComp $1,283.93
United AllPayerAppendix $1,609.16
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $1,609.16
Cigna Connect-SBP $1,724.18
Cigna SureFit $2,201.88
Vail Health COMM $2,336.05
Cigna Connect-NSBP $2,381.02
Cigna Broad $2,985.60
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $3,073.75
Kaiser KPIF $3,073.75
Kaiser KPSelect $3,073.75
United OptionsPPO $3,181.34
Bright Health OON $4,610.63
Kaiser PPO $5,455.91
Kaiser HMO $5,455.91
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $6,454.88
United GlobalBenefit $6,915.95
Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) COMM $7,684.39
Aetna Cofinity $8,114.71
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $9,836.01
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $9,836.01
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $9,836.01
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $9,836.01
Western Plains Community Health COMM $9,989.70
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $10,758.14
NorthCare COMM $10,758.14
Physician Health Partners MCR $10,758.14
Anthem PAR $11,372.89
Medical Development International COMM $12,295.02
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $13,063.45
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $13,831.89
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $13,831.89
Aetna ASA not published by hospital
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital

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Myelogphy 2/> spine regions at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $769.00 $106.00 – $1,905.58
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $519.55 $112.00 – $1,907.98
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $1,254.60 $777.85 – $2,704.36
AdventHealth Porter Denver $3,635.65 $159.18 – $1,529.85
CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE DENVER $5,085.00 $148.35 – $1,609.16
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver $3,384.25 $148.35 – $2,201.88
HCA HealthONE MOUNTAIN RIDGE Thornton $9,491.08 $148.35 – $1,609.16
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $3,635.65 $159.18 – $1,529.85

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