Tobramycin non-comp unit 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

$23.25

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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.

$23.25

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.

$3.53 with Vail Health vs $37.41 with United — 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
Vail Health COMM $3.53 ↓ -85%
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $4.65 ↓ -80%
Kaiser KPIF $4.65 ↓ -80%
Kaiser KPSelect $4.65 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $4.81 ↓ -79%
Bright Health OON $6.97 ↓ -70%
Aetna MCRADVHMO $6.97 ↓ -70%
Aetna MCRADVPPO $6.97 ↓ -70%
Kaiser PPO $8.25 ↓ -65%
Kaiser HMO $8.25 ↓ -65%
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $9.77 ↓ -58%
United GlobalBenefit $10.46 ↓ -55%
Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) COMM $11.63 ↓ -50%
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $14.88 ↓ -36%
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $14.88 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $14.88 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $14.88 ↓ -36%
Western Plains Community Health COMM $15.11 ↓ -35%
Physician Health Partners MCR $16.27 ↓ -30%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $16.27 ↓ -30%
NorthCare COMM $16.27 ↓ -30%
Cigna SureFit $16.76 ↓ -28%
Cigna Broad $16.76 ↓ -28%
Cigna Connect-NSBP $16.76 ↓ -28%
Anthem PAR $17.20 ↓ -26%
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $17.44 ↓ -25%
TriWest Health Alliance FED $18.60 ↓ -20%
Medical Development International COMM $18.60 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $19.76 ↓ -15%
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $20.58 ↓ -11%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $20.93 ↓ -10%
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $20.93 ↓ -10%
Cigna Connect-SBP $34.29 ↑ +47%
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $37.41 ↑ +61%
United AllPayerAppendix $37.41 ↑ +61%
Aetna ASA not published by hospital
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital

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Tobramycin non-comp unit at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver $958.75 $16.76 – $20.58
HCA HealthONE BELMAR ER, A PART OF SWEDISH LAKEWOOD $1,121.51 $16.76 – $37.41
HCA HealthONE MOUNTAIN RIDGE Thornton $1,134.45 $16.76 – $37.41
HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION Denver $547.77 $20.58 – $37.41
AdventHealth Porter Denver not published $15.65 – $28.38
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton not published $15.65 – $28.38
AdventHealth Avista Louisville not published $15.65 – $28.38
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock not published $15.65 – $28.38

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