Tissue culture placenta 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

$1,444.03

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.

$1,444.03

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.

$80.11 with Cigna vs $1,299.63 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
Cigna Connect-SBP $80.11 ↓ -94%
Cigna SureFit $95.75 ↓ -93%
Cigna Connect-NSBP $105.52 ↓ -93%
Cigna Broad $131.90 ↓ -91%
Humana MCR $148.80 ↓ -90%
United MCR $149.55 ↓ -90%
Mutual of Omaha MCR $150.30 ↓ -90%
Devoted Health MCRAdvantage $150.30 ↓ -90%
Cigna HealthSpring Medicare $150.30 ↓ -90%
Bright Health PFFS $150.30 ↓ -90%
Aetna MCRADVHMO $150.30 ↓ -90%
Aetna MCRADVPPO $150.30 ↓ -90%
Bright Health MCRSNP $150.30 ↓ -90%
Total LongTerm Care MCR $150.30 ↓ -90%
Bright Health MCRPOS $150.30 ↓ -90%
Bright Health MCRHMO $150.30 ↓ -90%
United AllPayerAppendix $150.30 ↓ -90%
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $150.30 ↓ -90%
Bright Health DualEligible $150.30 ↓ -90%
Anthem BCBS MCR $150.30 ↓ -90%
TriWest Health Alliance FED $150.30 ↓ -90%
Bright Health MCRPPO $150.30 ↓ -90%
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $150.30 ↓ -90%
Rocky Mountain Health MGMCR $150.30 ↓ -90%
Kaiser MGMCR $153.31 ↓ -89%
WellCare MCR $154.81 ↓ -89%
Delaware Life Insurance MGMCR $157.82 ↓ -89%
Vail Health COMM $219.49 ↓ -85%
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $288.81 ↓ -80%
Kaiser KPIF $288.81 ↓ -80%
Kaiser KPSelect $288.81 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $298.91 ↓ -79%
Anthem PathwayEssentials $365.23 ↓ -75%
Bright Health OON $433.21 ↓ -70%
Anthem PathwayNSBP $465.93 ↓ -68%
Kaiser HMO $512.63 ↓ -65%
Kaiser PPO $512.63 ↓ -65%
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $606.49 ↓ -58%
United GlobalBenefit $649.81 ↓ -55%
Anthem PPO $713.93 ↓ -51%
Anthem HMO $713.93 ↓ -51%
Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) COMM $722.01 ↓ -50%
Aetna Cofinity $762.45 ↓ -47%
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $924.18 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $924.18 ↓ -36%
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $924.18 ↓ -36%
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $924.18 ↓ -36%
Western Plains Community Health COMM $938.62 ↓ -35%
Physician Health Partners MCR $1,010.82 ↓ -30%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $1,010.82 ↓ -30%
NorthCare COMM $1,010.82 ↓ -30%
Anthem PAR $1,068.58 ↓ -26%
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $1,083.02 ↓ -25%
Medical Development International COMM $1,155.22 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $1,227.43 ↓ -15%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $1,299.63 ↓ -10%
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $1,299.63 ↓ -10%
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ASA not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital

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