Sodium chloride 0.9 % IV bolus at HCA HealthONE AURORA
1501 S. Potomac Street, Aurora, CO · HCA HealthONE · · NPI 1659327013
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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.
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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.
$0.70 with Cigna vs $146.10 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.
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-NSBP | $0.70 | — |
| Cigna | Broad | $0.70 | — |
| Cigna | SureFit | $0.70 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-SBP | $0.92 | — |
| United | ColoradoDoctorsPlan | $1.09 | — |
| Rocky Mountain Health Plan | AllPayerAppendix | $1.98 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $1.98 | — |
| Vail Health | COMM | $24.67 | — |
| Kaiser | CommercialSmallGroupPlans | $32.47 | — |
| Kaiser | KPSelect | $32.47 | — |
| Kaiser | KPIF | $32.47 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $33.60 | — |
| Bright Health | OON | $48.70 | — |
| Aetna | MCRADVHMO | $48.70 | — |
| Aetna | MCRADVPPO | $48.70 | — |
| Kaiser | PPO | $57.63 | — |
| Kaiser | HMO | $57.63 | — |
| Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs | HCP | $68.18 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefit | $73.05 | — |
| Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) | COMM | $81.17 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans | $103.89 | — |
| Cigna | SureFitLeanBenefitPlans | $103.89 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans | $103.89 | — |
| Cigna | BroadLeanBenefitPlans | $103.89 | — |
| Western Plains Community Health | COMM | $105.51 | — |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK | $113.63 | — |
| NorthCare | COMM | $113.63 | — |
| Physician Health Partners | MCR | $113.63 | — |
| Anthem | PAR | $120.12 | — |
| Pinnacol Workers Comp | WORKERSCOMP | $121.75 | — |
| Medical Development International | COMM | $129.86 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | FED | $129.86 | — |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK | $137.98 | — |
| Multiplan | BeechStreetCOMMPPO | $146.10 | — |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $146.10 | — |
| Aetna | ExistingBusiness | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | ASA | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | NBR | not published by hospital | — |
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Sodium chloride 0.9 % IV bolus at other Colorado hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| AdventHealth Porter | Denver | not published | $0.65 – $1.26 |
| CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE | DENVER | not published | $0.70 – $1.98 |
| HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's | Denver | not published | $0.70 – $1.09 |
| HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE | Lone Tree | not published | $0.70 – $1.98 |
| HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE | PARKER | not published | $0.60 – $1.98 |
| HCA HealthONE BELMAR ER, A PART OF SWEDISH | LAKEWOOD | not published | $0.70 – $1.98 |
| HCA HealthONE MOUNTAIN RIDGE | Thornton | not published | $0.70 – $1.98 |
| HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION | Denver | not published | $1.09 – $1.98 |