Socket insert w lock mech 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

$8,443.00

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.

$8,443.00

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.

$918.31 with Humana vs $7,598.70 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
Humana MCR $918.31 ↓ -89%
United MCR $922.95 ↓ -89%
TriWest Health Alliance FED $927.59 ↓ -89%
Total LongTerm Care MCR $927.59 ↓ -89%
Devoted Health MCRAdvantage $927.59 ↓ -89%
Aetna MCRADVHMO $927.59 ↓ -89%
Aetna MCRADVPPO $927.59 ↓ -89%
Bright Health PFFS $927.59 ↓ -89%
Rocky Mountain Health MGMCR $927.59 ↓ -89%
Mutual of Omaha MCR $927.59 ↓ -89%
Bright Health DualEligible $927.59 ↓ -89%
Cigna HealthSpring Medicare $927.59 ↓ -89%
Bright Health MCRHMO $927.59 ↓ -89%
Anthem BCBS MCR $927.59 ↓ -89%
Bright Health MCRSNP $927.59 ↓ -89%
Bright Health MCRPPO $927.59 ↓ -89%
Bright Health MCRPOS $927.59 ↓ -89%
Kaiser MGMCR $946.14 ↓ -89%
WellCare MCR $955.42 ↓ -89%
Delaware Life Insurance MGMCR $973.97 ↓ -88%
Vail Health COMM $1,283.34 ↓ -85%
Kaiser KPIF $1,688.60 ↓ -80%
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $1,688.60 ↓ -80%
Kaiser KPSelect $1,688.60 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $1,747.70 ↓ -79%
Cigna Connect-SBP $1,823.69 ↓ -78%
Cigna SureFit $2,144.52 ↓ -75%
Cigna Connect-NSBP $2,186.74 ↓ -74%
Bright Health OON $2,532.90 ↓ -70%
Aetna NBR $2,752.42 ↓ -67%
Kaiser HMO $2,997.26 ↓ -65%
Cigna Broad $2,997.26 ↓ -65%
Kaiser PPO $2,997.26 ↓ -65%
Aetna ExistingBusiness $3,351.87 ↓ -60%
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $3,546.06 ↓ -58%
United GlobalBenefit $3,799.35 ↓ -55%
Aetna ASA $4,027.31 ↓ -52%
Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) COMM $4,221.50 ↓ -50%
Aetna Cofinity $4,457.90 ↓ -47%
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $5,403.52 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $5,403.52 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $5,403.52 ↓ -36%
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $5,403.52 ↓ -36%
Western Plains Community Health COMM $5,487.95 ↓ -35%
NorthCare COMM $5,910.10 ↓ -30%
Physician Health Partners MCR $5,910.10 ↓ -30%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $5,910.10 ↓ -30%
Anthem PAR $6,247.82 ↓ -26%
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $6,332.25 ↓ -25%
Medical Development International COMM $6,754.40 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $7,176.55 ↓ -15%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $7,598.70 ↓ -10%
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $7,598.70 ↓ -10%

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