Pretreat rbc absorption reference 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.

$0.54 with Cigna vs $2,088.69 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 $0.54
Cigna SureFit $0.65
Cigna Connect-NSBP $0.71
Cigna Broad $0.89
United AllPayerAppendix $33.84
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $33.84
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $33.84
Anthem PathwayEssentials $82.23
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $94.13
Multiplan BeechStreetWorkersComp $98.09
Multiplan WorkersComp $98.09
Anthem PathwayNSBP $104.90
Anthem PPO $160.74
Anthem HMO $160.74
Vail Health COMM $352.76
Kaiser KPIF $464.15
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $464.15
Kaiser KPSelect $464.15
United OptionsPPO $480.40
Bright Health OON $696.23
Kaiser PPO $823.87
Kaiser HMO $823.87
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $974.72
United GlobalBenefit $1,044.35
Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) COMM $1,160.38
Aetna Cofinity $1,225.37
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $1,485.29
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $1,485.29
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $1,485.29
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $1,485.29
Western Plains Community Health COMM $1,508.50
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $1,624.54
NorthCare COMM $1,624.54
Physician Health Partners MCR $1,624.54
Anthem PAR $1,717.37
Medical Development International COMM $1,856.62
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $1,972.65
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $2,088.69
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $2,088.69
Aetna ASA not published by hospital
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital

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Pretreat rbc absorption reference at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $51.24 $57.91 – $263.15
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $73.96 $57.98 – $263.15
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $112.74 $59.70 – $268.69
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $204.70 $116.73 – $268.69
AdventHealth Porter Denver $716.77 $50.76 – $115.13
CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE DENVER $1,153.00 $0.46 – $98.09
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver $848.75 $0.65 – $98.09
HCA HealthONE BELMAR ER, A PART OF SWEDISH LAKEWOOD $1,279.83 $0.59 – $98.09

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