Procalcitonin at HCA HealthONE AURORA
1501 S. Potomac Street, Aurora, CO · HCA HealthONE · · NPI 1659327013
$481.29
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.
$481.29
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.
$14.51 with Cigna vs $433.16 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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| Cigna | Connect-SBP | $14.51 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna | SureFit | $17.34 | ↓ -96% |
| Cigna | Connect-NSBP | $19.11 | ↓ -96% |
| Cigna | Broad | $23.88 | ↓ -95% |
| Humana | MCR | $26.95 | ↓ -94% |
| United | MCR | $27.08 | ↓ -94% |
| Mutual of Omaha | MCR | $27.22 | ↓ -94% |
| Devoted Health | MCRAdvantage | $27.22 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | Medicare | $27.22 | ↓ -94% |
| Bright Health | PFFS | $27.22 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | MCRADVHMO | $27.22 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | MCRADVPPO | $27.22 | ↓ -94% |
| Bright Health | MCRSNP | $27.22 | ↓ -94% |
| Total LongTerm Care | MCR | $27.22 | ↓ -94% |
| Bright Health | MCRPOS | $27.22 | ↓ -94% |
| Bright Health | MCRHMO | $27.22 | ↓ -94% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $27.22 | ↓ -94% |
| United | ColoradoDoctorsPlan | $27.22 | ↓ -94% |
| Bright Health | DualEligible | $27.22 | ↓ -94% |
| Anthem BCBS | MCR | $27.22 | ↓ -94% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | FED | $27.22 | ↓ -94% |
| Bright Health | MCRPPO | $27.22 | ↓ -94% |
| Rocky Mountain Health Plan | AllPayerAppendix | $27.22 | ↓ -94% |
| Rocky Mountain Health | MGMCR | $27.22 | ↓ -94% |
| Kaiser | MGMCR | $27.76 | ↓ -94% |
| WellCare | MCR | $28.04 | ↓ -94% |
| Delaware Life Insurance | MGMCR | $28.58 | ↓ -94% |
| Anthem | PathwayEssentials | $66.14 | ↓ -86% |
| Vail Health | COMM | $73.16 | ↓ -85% |
| Anthem | PathwayNSBP | $84.38 | ↓ -82% |
| Kaiser | KPSelect | $96.26 | ↓ -80% |
| Kaiser | CommercialSmallGroupPlans | $96.26 | ↓ -80% |
| Kaiser | KPIF | $96.26 | ↓ -80% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $99.63 | ↓ -79% |
| Anthem | PPO | $129.29 | ↓ -73% |
| Anthem | HMO | $129.29 | ↓ -73% |
| Bright Health | OON | $144.39 | ↓ -70% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $170.86 | ↓ -64% |
| Kaiser | HMO | $170.86 | ↓ -64% |
| Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs | HCP | $202.14 | ↓ -58% |
| United | GlobalBenefit | $216.58 | ↓ -55% |
| Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) | COMM | $240.65 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | Cofinity | $254.12 | ↓ -47% |
| Cigna | Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans | $308.03 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans | $308.03 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | BroadLeanBenefitPlans | $308.03 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | SureFitLeanBenefitPlans | $308.03 | ↓ -36% |
| Western Plains Community Health | COMM | $312.84 | ↓ -35% |
| Physician Health Partners | MCR | $336.90 | ↓ -30% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK | $336.90 | ↓ -30% |
| NorthCare | COMM | $336.90 | ↓ -30% |
| Anthem | PAR | $356.15 | ↓ -26% |
| Pinnacol Workers Comp | WORKERSCOMP | $360.97 | ↓ -25% |
| Medical Development International | COMM | $385.03 | ↓ -20% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK | $409.10 | ↓ -15% |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $433.16 | ↓ -10% |
| Multiplan | BeechStreetCOMMPPO | $433.16 | ↓ -10% |
| Aetna | NBR | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | ASA | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | ExistingBusiness | not published by hospital | — |
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Procalcitonin at other Colorado hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Fort Collins Medical Center | Fort Collins | $32.01 | $26.40 – $133.95 |
| Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus | Loveland | $32.43 | $26.40 – $133.95 |
| Sterling Regional Medical Center | Sterling | $46.53 | $27.22 – $136.77 |
| East Morgan County Hospital | Brush | $86.86 | $59.42 – $136.77 |
| AdventHealth Porter | Denver | $416.04 | $26.68 – $50.36 |
| CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE | DENVER | $404.00 | $12.38 – $66.14 |
| HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's | Denver | $534.00 | $17.34 – $66.14 |
| HCA HealthONE BELMAR ER, A PART OF SWEDISH | LAKEWOOD | $690.17 | $15.92 – $66.14 |