Thigh Bone (Femur) X-ray (both sides) at HCA HealthONE AURORA

1501 S. Potomac Street, Aurora, CO · HCA HealthONE · · NPI 1659327013

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 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.

$20.75 with Anthem vs $3,064.82 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
Anthem PathwayEssentialsStandard $20.75 —
Anthem PathwaySBP $23.58 —
Anthem HMO $43.80 —
Anthem PPO $43.80 —
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $137.53 —
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $139.83 —
Multiplan BeechStreetWorkersComp $145.72 —
Multiplan WorkersComp $145.72 —
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $182.03 —
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03 —
Cigna Connect-SBP $202.22 —
Cigna SureFit $258.24 —
Cigna Connect-NSBP $279.25 —
Cigna Broad $350.16 —
Vail Health COMM $517.61 —
Kaiser KPIF $681.07 —
Kaiser KPSelect $681.07 —
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $681.07 —
United OptionsPPO $704.91 —
Bright Health OON $1,021.61 —
WPPA UnifiedHealthPlan $1,021.61 —
Kaiser PPO $1,208.90 —
Kaiser HMO $1,208.90 —
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $1,430.25 —
United GlobalBenefit $1,532.41 —
Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) COMM $1,702.67 —
Aetna Cofinity $1,781.00 —
WPPA OutofServiceArea $2,043.21 —
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $2,179.42 —
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $2,179.42 —
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $2,179.42 —
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $2,179.42 —
Western Plains Community Health COMM $2,213.48 —
NorthCare COMM $2,383.74 —
Physician Health Partners MCR $2,383.74 —
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $2,383.74 —
Anthem PAR $2,519.96 —
Medical Development International COMM $2,724.28 —
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $2,894.55 —
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $3,064.82 —
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $3,064.82 —

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Thigh Bone (Femur) X-ray (both sides) at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $73.98 $58.22 – $153.00
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $49.98 $36.49 – $153.00
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $124.20 $77.00 – $267.72
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $183.26 $8.01 – $18.43
AdventHealth Porter Denver $311.15 $49.70 – $169.83
HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION Denver $220.70 $137.53 – $182.03
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $311.15 $49.70 – $169.83
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $311.15 $49.70 – $171.72

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