Noninv pace analysis 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

$17,839.93

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.

$17,839.93

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.

$459.61 with Pinnacol Workers Comp vs $16,055.94 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
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $459.61 ↓ -97%
Multiplan BeechStreetWorkersComp $478.96 ↓ -97%
Multiplan WorkersComp $478.96 ↓ -97%
Vail Health COMM $2,711.67 ↓ -85%
Kaiser KPIF $3,567.99 ↓ -80%
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $3,567.99 ↓ -80%
Kaiser KPSelect $3,567.99 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $3,692.87 ↓ -79%
Cigna Connect-SBP $3,853.42 ↓ -78%
Cigna SureFit $4,531.34 ↓ -75%
Cigna Connect-NSBP $4,620.54 ↓ -74%
Bright Health OON $5,351.98 ↓ -70%
Aetna NBR $5,815.82 ↓ -67%
Cigna Broad $6,333.18 ↓ -64%
Kaiser PPO $6,333.18 ↓ -64%
Kaiser HMO $6,333.18 ↓ -64%
Aetna ExistingBusiness $7,082.45 ↓ -60%
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $7,492.77 ↓ -58%
United GlobalBenefit $8,027.97 ↓ -55%
Aetna ASA $8,509.65 ↓ -52%
Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) COMM $8,919.97 ↓ -50%
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $11,417.56 ↓ -36%
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $11,417.56 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $11,417.56 ↓ -36%
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $11,417.56 ↓ -36%
NorthCare COMM $12,487.95 ↓ -30%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $12,487.95 ↓ -30%
Physician Health Partners MCR $12,487.95 ↓ -30%
Anthem PAR $13,201.55 ↓ -26%
Medical Development International COMM $14,271.94 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $15,163.94 ↓ -15%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $16,055.94 ↓ -10%
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $16,055.94 ↓ -10%

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Noninv pace analysis at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
AdventHealth Porter Denver $2,574.48 $85.37 – $599.39
CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE DENVER $1,888.00 $459.61 – $478.96
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver $2,773.00 $459.61 – $478.96
HCA HealthONE MOUNTAIN RIDGE Thornton $1,240.69 $459.61 – $478.96
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $2,574.48 $85.37 – $599.39
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $2,574.48 $85.37 – $606.04
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $2,574.48 $85.37 – $599.39
AdventHealth Parker Parker $2,574.48 $85.37 – $599.39

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