Transfusion blood/blood component(s) 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.

$667.98 with Pinnacol Workers Comp vs $6,222.51 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.

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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
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $667.98
Multiplan WorkersComp $696.11
Multiplan BeechStreetWorkersComp $696.11
Cigna Connect-SBP $909.00
Vail Health COMM $1,050.91
Cigna SureFit $1,205.00
Cigna Connect-NSBP $1,371.00
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $1,382.78
Kaiser KPSelect $1,382.78
Kaiser KPIF $1,382.78
United OptionsPPO $1,431.18
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $1,547.00
Bright Health OON $2,074.17
Cigna Broad $2,082.00
Anthem PathwayEssentials $2,125.00
Aetna NBR $2,253.93
Kaiser HMO $2,454.43
Kaiser PPO $2,454.43
Anthem PathwayNSBP $2,716.00
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $2,720.00
United AllPayerAppendix $2,720.00
Aetna ExistingBusiness $2,744.82
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $2,903.84
United GlobalBenefit $3,111.26
Aetna ASA $3,297.93
Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) COMM $3,456.95
Aetna Cofinity $3,650.54
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $4,424.90
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $4,424.90
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $4,424.90
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $4,424.90
Western Plains Community Health COMM $4,494.03
Anthem HMO $4,764.00
Anthem PPO $4,764.00
Physician Health Partners MCR $4,839.73
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $4,839.73
NorthCare COMM $4,839.73
Anthem PAR $5,116.29
Medical Development International COMM $5,531.12
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $5,876.81
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $6,222.51
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $6,222.51

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Transfusion blood/blood component(s) at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $428.98 $271.42 – $8,568.00
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $381.31 $170.13 – $8,568.00
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $815.04 $315.83 – $1,098.04
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $937.30 $477.02 – $1,098.04
AdventHealth Porter Denver $3,327.71 $78.96 – $1,083.00
CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE DENVER $1,798.00 $667.98 – $696.11
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver $8,304.75 $667.98 – $696.11
HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE PARKER $2,065.00 $461.21 – $696.11

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