Tc-99m pentetate dtpa aerosol 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

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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.

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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.

$34.72 with United vs $378.02 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
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $34.72
United AllPayerAppendix $63.12
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $63.12
Vail Health COMM $63.84
Kaiser KPIF $84.00
Kaiser KPSelect $84.00
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $84.00
United OptionsPPO $86.94
Cigna Connect-SBP $90.72
Cigna SureFit $106.69
Cigna Connect-NSBP $108.79
Bright Health OON $126.01
Aetna MCRADVHMO $126.01
Aetna MCRADVPPO $126.01
Aetna NBR $136.93
Cigna Broad $149.11
Kaiser PPO $149.11
Kaiser HMO $149.11
Aetna ExistingBusiness $166.75
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $176.41
United GlobalBenefit $189.01
Aetna ASA $200.35
Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) COMM $210.01
Aetna Cofinity $221.77
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $268.81
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $268.81
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $268.81
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $268.81
Western Plains Community Health COMM $273.01
Physician Health Partners MCR $294.01
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $294.01
NorthCare COMM $294.01
Anthem PAR $310.81
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $315.01
TriWest Health Alliance FED $336.02
Medical Development International COMM $336.02
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $357.02
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $378.02
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $378.02

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Tc-99m pentetate dtpa aerosol at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $314.90 $238.21 – $551.95
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $291.66 $149.32 – $551.95
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $92.69 $67.52 – $234.74
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $337.46 $240.62 – $553.87
CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE DENVER $586.32 $34.72 – $63.12
HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE Lone Tree $1,341.00 $34.72 – $63.12
HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE PARKER $1,341.00 $34.72 – $63.12
HCA HealthONE MOUNTAIN RIDGE Thornton $852.07 $34.72 – $63.12

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