Ot evaluation low complexity patient/family 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.

$84.38 with Vail Health vs $499.60 with Prime Health — 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
Vail Health COMM $84.38
Humana MCR $90.78
United MCR $91.24
Aetna MCRADVPPO $91.70
Total LongTerm Care MCR $91.70
Rocky Mountain Health MGMCR $91.70
Mutual of Omaha MCR $91.70
Cigna HealthSpring Medicare $91.70
TriWest Health Alliance FED $91.70
Aetna MCRADVHMO $91.70
Bright Health DualEligible $91.70
Bright Health MCRHMO $91.70
Bright Health MCRPOS $91.70
Bright Health MCRPPO $91.70
Bright Health MCRSNP $91.70
Devoted Health MCRAdvantage $91.70
Bright Health PFFS $91.70
Anthem BCBS MCR $91.70
Kaiser MGMCR $93.53
WellCare MCR $94.45
Delaware Life Insurance MGMCR $96.28
Kaiser KPSelect $111.02
Kaiser KPIF $111.02
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $111.02
United OptionsPPO $114.91
Bright Health OON $166.53
Kaiser PPO $197.06
Kaiser HMO $197.06
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $233.15
United GlobalBenefit $249.80
Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) COMM $277.56
Aetna Cofinity $293.10
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $355.27
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $355.27
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $355.27
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $355.27
Western Plains Community Health COMM $360.82
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $388.58
Physician Health Partners MCR $388.58
NorthCare COMM $388.58
Anthem PAR $410.78
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $416.33
Medical Development International COMM $444.09
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $471.84
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $499.60
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $499.60

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Ot evaluation low complexity patient/family at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $124.96 $143.91 – $333.45
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $136.19 $88.40 – $333.45
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $108.05 $72.82 – $253.17
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $203.84 $109.99 – $253.17
AdventHealth Porter Denver $759.72 $102.12 – $192.77
HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE PARKER $1,298.00 $89.27 – $129.44
HCA HealthONE MOUNTAIN RIDGE Thornton $980.22 $90.78 – $96.28
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