Ultrasound guidance for vascular access at HCA HealthONE AURORA
1501 S. Potomac Street, Aurora, CO · HCA HealthONE · · NPI 1659327013
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Cash price 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 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.
$33.49 with Anthem vs $1,737.32 with Prime Health — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Anthem | PathwayEssentials | $33.49 | — |
| Anthem | PathwayNSBP | $42.72 | — |
| Anthem | PPO | $68.35 | — |
| Anthem | HMO | $68.35 | — |
| Vail Health | COMM | $293.41 | — |
| Kaiser | KPSelect | $386.07 | — |
| Kaiser | KPIF | $386.07 | — |
| Kaiser | CommercialSmallGroupPlans | $386.07 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $399.58 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-SBP | $416.96 | — |
| Cigna | SureFit | $490.31 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-NSBP | $499.96 | — |
| Bright Health | OON | $579.11 | — |
| Aetna | MCRADVPPO | $579.11 | — |
| Aetna | MCRADVHMO | $579.11 | — |
| Kaiser | HMO | $685.27 | — |
| Kaiser | PPO | $685.27 | — |
| Cigna | Broad | $685.27 | — |
| Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs | HCP | $810.75 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefit | $868.66 | — |
| Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) | COMM | $965.17 | — |
| Aetna | Cofinity | $1,019.22 | — |
| Cigna | BroadLeanBenefitPlans | $1,235.42 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans | $1,235.42 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans | $1,235.42 | — |
| Cigna | SureFitLeanBenefitPlans | $1,235.42 | — |
| Western Plains Community Health | COMM | $1,254.73 | — |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK | $1,351.24 | — |
| NorthCare | COMM | $1,351.24 | — |
| Physician Health Partners | MCR | $1,351.24 | — |
| Anthem | PAR | $1,428.46 | — |
| Pinnacol Workers Comp | WORKERSCOMP | $1,447.76 | — |
| Medical Development International | COMM | $1,544.28 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | FED | $1,544.28 | — |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK | $1,640.80 | — |
| Multiplan | BeechStreetCOMMPPO | $1,737.32 | — |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $1,737.32 | — |
| Aetna | NBR | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | ASA | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | ExistingBusiness | not published by hospital | — |
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Ultrasound guidance for vascular access at other Colorado hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Fort Collins Medical Center | Fort Collins | $242.18 | $141.04 – $328.00 |
| Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus | Loveland | $190.23 | $88.41 – $328.00 |
| East Morgan County Hospital | Brush | $234.48 | $126.84 – $291.97 |
| AdventHealth Porter | Denver | $2,027.10 | $46.00 – $46.00 |
| HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE | PARKER | $2,739.00 | $33.49 – $648.66 |
| AdventHealth Littleton | Littleton | $2,027.10 | $46.00 – $46.00 |
| AdventHealth Avista | Louisville | $2,027.10 | $46.00 – $46.00 |
| AdventHealth Castle Rock | Castle Rock | $2,027.10 | $46.00 – $46.00 |