Surgical pathology level 3 gross & microscopic examination at HCA HealthONE AURORA
1501 S. Potomac Street, Aurora, CO · HCA HealthONE · · NPI 1659327013
$3,419.46
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.
$3,419.46
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.
$16.98 with Cigna vs $3,077.51 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 | $16.98 | ↓ -100% |
| Cigna | SureFit | $20.30 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna | Connect-NSBP | $22.37 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna | Broad | $27.96 | ↓ -99% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $49.76 | ↓ -99% |
| Rocky Mountain Health Plan | AllPayerAppendix | $49.76 | ↓ -99% |
| United | ColoradoDoctorsPlan | $49.76 | ↓ -99% |
| Pinnacol Workers Comp | WORKERSCOMP | $83.38 | ↓ -98% |
| Multiplan | BeechStreetWorkersComp | $86.89 | ↓ -97% |
| Multiplan | WorkersComp | $86.89 | ↓ -97% |
| Anthem | PathwayEssentials | $120.92 | ↓ -96% |
| Anthem | PathwayNSBP | $154.26 | ↓ -95% |
| Anthem | HMO | $236.36 | ↓ -93% |
| Anthem | PPO | $236.36 | ↓ -93% |
| Vail Health | COMM | $519.76 | ↓ -85% |
| Kaiser | KPIF | $683.89 | ↓ -80% |
| Kaiser | CommercialSmallGroupPlans | $683.89 | ↓ -80% |
| Kaiser | KPSelect | $683.89 | ↓ -80% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $707.83 | ↓ -79% |
| Bright Health | OON | $1,025.84 | ↓ -70% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $1,213.91 | ↓ -64% |
| Kaiser | HMO | $1,213.91 | ↓ -64% |
| Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs | HCP | $1,436.17 | ↓ -58% |
| United | GlobalBenefit | $1,538.76 | ↓ -55% |
| Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) | COMM | $1,709.73 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | Cofinity | $1,805.47 | ↓ -47% |
| Cigna | SureFitLeanBenefitPlans | $2,188.45 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans | $2,188.45 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | BroadLeanBenefitPlans | $2,188.45 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans | $2,188.45 | ↓ -36% |
| Western Plains Community Health | COMM | $2,222.65 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK | $2,393.62 | ↓ -30% |
| NorthCare | COMM | $2,393.62 | ↓ -30% |
| Physician Health Partners | MCR | $2,393.62 | ↓ -30% |
| Anthem | PAR | $2,530.40 | ↓ -26% |
| Medical Development International | COMM | $2,735.57 | ↓ -20% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK | $2,906.54 | ↓ -15% |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $3,077.51 | ↓ -10% |
| Multiplan | BeechStreetCOMMPPO | $3,077.51 | ↓ -10% |
| Aetna | ASA | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | NBR | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | ExistingBusiness | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Surgical pathology level 3 gross & microscopic examination at other Colorado hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Fort Collins Medical Center | Fort Collins | $89.91 | $52.09 – $175.75 |
| Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus | Loveland | $78.07 | $47.55 – $175.75 |
| Sterling Regional Medical Center | Sterling | $53.24 | $30.13 – $104.76 |
| East Morgan County Hospital | Brush | $66.53 | $45.51 – $104.76 |
| AdventHealth Porter | Denver | $599.53 | $53.87 – $101.70 |
| CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE | DENVER | $599.00 | $14.50 – $120.92 |
| HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's | Denver | $1,624.75 | $20.30 – $120.92 |
| HCA HealthONE BELMAR ER, A PART OF SWEDISH | LAKEWOOD | $867.29 | $18.64 – $120.92 |