Ultrasound spinal canal and contents 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.
$156.74 with Anthem vs $1,481.32 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.
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 | $156.74 | — |
| Pinnacol Workers Comp | WORKERSCOMP | $169.18 | — |
| Multiplan | BeechStreetWorkersComp | $176.30 | — |
| Multiplan | WorkersComp | $176.30 | — |
| United | ColoradoDoctorsPlan | $185.25 | — |
| Anthem | PathwayNSBP | $199.95 | — |
| Rocky Mountain Health Plan | AllPayerAppendix | $245.18 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $245.18 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-SBP | $248.79 | — |
| Vail Health | COMM | $250.18 | — |
| Cigna | SureFit | $317.72 | — |
| Anthem | PPO | $319.92 | — |
| Anthem | HMO | $319.92 | — |
| Kaiser | CommercialSmallGroupPlans | $329.18 | — |
| Kaiser | KPIF | $329.18 | — |
| Kaiser | KPSelect | $329.18 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $340.70 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-NSBP | $343.56 | — |
| Cigna | Broad | $430.80 | — |
| Bright Health | OON | $493.77 | — |
| Kaiser | HMO | $584.30 | — |
| Kaiser | PPO | $584.30 | — |
| Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs | HCP | $691.28 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefit | $740.66 | — |
| Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) | COMM | $822.96 | — |
| Aetna | Cofinity | $869.04 | — |
| Cigna | SureFitLeanBenefitPlans | $1,053.38 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans | $1,053.38 | — |
| Cigna | BroadLeanBenefitPlans | $1,053.38 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans | $1,053.38 | — |
| Western Plains Community Health | COMM | $1,069.84 | — |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK | $1,152.14 | — |
| NorthCare | COMM | $1,152.14 | — |
| Physician Health Partners | MCR | $1,152.14 | — |
| Anthem | PAR | $1,217.97 | — |
| Medical Development International | COMM | $1,316.73 | — |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK | $1,399.02 | — |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $1,481.32 | — |
| Multiplan | BeechStreetCOMMPPO | $1,481.32 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | NBR | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | ExistingBusiness | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Ultrasound spinal canal and contents at other Colorado hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner Fort Collins Medical Center | Fort Collins | $377.34 | $103.66 – $509.20 |
| Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus | Loveland | $296.41 | $103.79 – $509.20 |
| Sterling Regional Medical Center | Sterling | $231.18 | $106.87 – $394.79 |
| East Morgan County Hospital | Brush | $317.05 | $50.57 – $116.40 |
| AdventHealth Porter | Denver | $961.51 | $108.08 – $204.02 |
| HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE | PARKER | $2,977.00 | $156.74 – $268.17 |
| AdventHealth Littleton | Littleton | $961.51 | $108.08 – $204.02 |
| AdventHealth Avista | Louisville | $961.51 | $109.28 – $206.29 |