Ultrasound guide intraoperative 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.

$118.66 with Anthem vs $2,388.55 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.

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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 PathwayEssentials $118.66
Anthem PathwayNSBP $151.37
Anthem PPO $242.20
Anthem HMO $242.20
Vail Health COMM $403.40
Kaiser KPSelect $530.79
Kaiser KPIF $530.79
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $530.79
United OptionsPPO $549.37
Cigna Connect-SBP $573.25
Cigna SureFit $674.10
Cigna Connect-NSBP $687.37
Bright Health OON $796.18
Aetna MCRADVPPO $796.18
Aetna MCRADVHMO $796.18
Kaiser HMO $942.15
Kaiser PPO $942.15
Cigna Broad $942.15
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $1,114.66
United GlobalBenefit $1,194.28
Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) COMM $1,326.97
Aetna Cofinity $1,401.29
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $1,698.53
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $1,698.53
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $1,698.53
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $1,698.53
Western Plains Community Health COMM $1,725.07
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $1,857.77
NorthCare COMM $1,857.77
Physician Health Partners MCR $1,857.77
Anthem PAR $1,963.92
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $1,990.46
Medical Development International COMM $2,123.16
TriWest Health Alliance FED $2,123.16
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $2,255.86
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $2,388.55
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $2,388.55
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ASA not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital

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Ultrasound guide intraoperative at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $369.60 $215.25 – $498.75
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $290.33 $134.93 – $498.75
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $144.27 $70.87 – $246.38
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $197.87 $54.78 – $126.10
AdventHealth Porter Denver $1,602.55 $81.00 – $81.00
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $1,602.55 $81.00 – $81.00
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $1,602.55 $81.00 – $81.00
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $1,602.55 $81.00 – $81.00

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