Protein total serum plasma whole blood 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

$862.49

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.

$862.49

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.

$1.96 with Cigna vs $776.24 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 $1.96 ↓ -100%
Cigna SureFit $2.34 ↓ -100%
Cigna Connect-NSBP $2.58 ↓ -100%
Cigna Broad $3.23 ↓ -100%
Humana MCR $3.63 ↓ -100%
United MCR $3.65 ↓ -100%
Bright Health MCRPOS $3.67 ↓ -100%
Mutual of Omaha MCR $3.67 ↓ -100%
United AllPayerAppendix $3.67 ↓ -100%
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $3.67 ↓ -100%
Devoted Health MCRAdvantage $3.67 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring Medicare $3.67 ↓ -100%
Bright Health PFFS $3.67 ↓ -100%
Bright Health MCRSNP $3.67 ↓ -100%
Bright Health MCRPPO $3.67 ↓ -100%
Anthem BCBS MCR $3.67 ↓ -100%
Bright Health DualEligible $3.67 ↓ -100%
Bright Health MCRHMO $3.67 ↓ -100%
TriWest Health Alliance FED $3.67 ↓ -100%
Total LongTerm Care MCR $3.67 ↓ -100%
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $3.67 ↓ -100%
Aetna MCRADVHMO $3.67 ↓ -100%
Aetna MCRADVPPO $3.67 ↓ -100%
Rocky Mountain Health MGMCR $3.67 ↓ -100%
Kaiser MGMCR $3.74 ↓ -100%
WellCare MCR $3.78 ↓ -100%
Delaware Life Insurance MGMCR $3.85 ↓ -100%
Anthem PathwayEssentials $8.92 ↓ -99%
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $10.08 ↓ -99%
Multiplan WorkersComp $10.50 ↓ -99%
Multiplan BeechStreetWorkersComp $10.50 ↓ -99%
Anthem PathwayNSBP $11.38 ↓ -99%
Anthem PPO $17.43 ↓ -98%
Anthem HMO $17.43 ↓ -98%
Vail Health COMM $131.10 ↓ -85%
Kaiser KPIF $172.50 ↓ -80%
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $172.50 ↓ -80%
Kaiser KPSelect $172.50 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $178.54 ↓ -79%
Bright Health OON $258.75 ↓ -70%
Kaiser PPO $306.18 ↓ -65%
Kaiser HMO $306.18 ↓ -65%
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $362.25 ↓ -58%
United GlobalBenefit $388.12 ↓ -55%
Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) COMM $431.25 ↓ -50%
Aetna Cofinity $455.39 ↓ -47%
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $551.99 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $551.99 ↓ -36%
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $551.99 ↓ -36%
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $551.99 ↓ -36%
Western Plains Community Health COMM $560.62 ↓ -35%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $603.74 ↓ -30%
NorthCare COMM $603.74 ↓ -30%
Physician Health Partners MCR $603.74 ↓ -30%
Anthem PAR $638.24 ↓ -26%
Medical Development International COMM $689.99 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $733.12 ↓ -15%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $776.24 ↓ -10%
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $776.24 ↓ -10%
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital
Aetna ASA not published by hospital

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