Myelography thoracic spine 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.
$103.91 with Anthem vs $9,237.12 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 | $103.91 | — |
| Anthem | PathwayNSBP | $132.56 | — |
| Anthem | HMO | $212.09 | — |
| Anthem | PPO | $212.09 | — |
| United | ColoradoDoctorsPlan | $1,215.81 | — |
| Pinnacol Workers Comp | WORKERSCOMP | $1,232.06 | — |
| Multiplan | BeechStreetWorkersComp | $1,283.93 | — |
| Multiplan | WorkersComp | $1,283.93 | — |
| Vail Health | COMM | $1,560.05 | — |
| Rocky Mountain Health Plan | AllPayerAppendix | $1,609.16 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $1,609.16 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-SBP | $1,724.18 | — |
| Kaiser | KPIF | $2,052.69 | — |
| Kaiser | CommercialSmallGroupPlans | $2,052.69 | — |
| Kaiser | KPSelect | $2,052.69 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $2,124.54 | — |
| Cigna | SureFit | $2,201.88 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-NSBP | $2,381.02 | — |
| Cigna | Broad | $2,985.60 | — |
| Bright Health | OON | $3,079.04 | — |
| Kaiser | PPO | $3,643.53 | — |
| Kaiser | HMO | $3,643.53 | — |
| Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs | HCP | $4,310.66 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefit | $4,618.56 | — |
| Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) | COMM | $5,131.73 | — |
| Aetna | Cofinity | $5,419.11 | — |
| Cigna | SureFitLeanBenefitPlans | $6,568.62 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans | $6,568.62 | — |
| Cigna | BroadLeanBenefitPlans | $6,568.62 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans | $6,568.62 | — |
| Western Plains Community Health | COMM | $6,671.26 | — |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK | $7,184.43 | — |
| NorthCare | COMM | $7,184.43 | — |
| Physician Health Partners | MCR | $7,184.43 | — |
| Anthem | PAR | $7,594.97 | — |
| Medical Development International | COMM | $8,210.78 | — |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK | $8,723.95 | — |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $9,237.12 | — |
| Multiplan | BeechStreetCOMMPPO | $9,237.12 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | NBR | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | ExistingBusiness | not published by hospital | — |
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Myelography thoracic spine at other Colorado hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner Fort Collins Medical Center | Fort Collins | $794.52 | $106.00 – $1,905.58 |
| Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus | Loveland | $536.80 | $112.00 – $1,907.98 |
| Sterling Regional Medical Center | Sterling | $778.05 | $482.39 – $1,677.13 |
| East Morgan County Hospital | Brush | $1,148.06 | $90.60 – $208.55 |
| AdventHealth Porter | Denver | $2,460.06 | $116.74 – $1,529.85 |
| CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE | DENVER | $5,085.00 | $103.91 – $1,609.16 |
| HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's | Denver | $3,004.50 | $103.91 – $2,201.88 |
| HCA HealthONE MOUNTAIN RIDGE | Thornton | $8,711.82 | $103.91 – $1,609.16 |