Vein x-ray skull at HCA HealthONE AURORA
1501 S. Potomac Street, Aurora, CO · HCA HealthONE · · NPI 1659327013
$6,431.43
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.
$6,431.43
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.
$151.75 with Anthem vs $12,006.68 with Cigna — 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 | $151.75 | ↓ -98% |
| Anthem | PathwayNSBP | $193.60 | ↓ -97% |
| Anthem | HMO | $309.75 | ↓ -95% |
| Anthem | PPO | $309.75 | ↓ -95% |
| Vail Health | COMM | $977.58 | ↓ -85% |
| Kaiser | KPIF | $1,286.29 | ↓ -80% |
| Kaiser | KPSelect | $1,286.29 | ↓ -80% |
| Kaiser | CommercialSmallGroupPlans | $1,286.29 | ↓ -80% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,331.31 | ↓ -79% |
| Bright Health | OON | $1,929.43 | ↓ -70% |
| Kaiser | HMO | $2,283.16 | ↓ -64% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $2,283.16 | ↓ -64% |
| Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs | HCP | $2,701.20 | ↓ -58% |
| United | GlobalBenefit | $2,894.14 | ↓ -55% |
| Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) | COMM | $3,215.72 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | Cofinity | $3,395.80 | ↓ -47% |
| Cigna | BroadLeanBenefitPlans | $4,116.12 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | SureFitLeanBenefitPlans | $4,116.12 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans | $4,116.12 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans | $4,116.12 | ↓ -36% |
| Western Plains Community Health | COMM | $4,180.43 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK | $4,502.00 | ↓ -30% |
| Physician Health Partners | MCR | $4,502.00 | ↓ -30% |
| NorthCare | COMM | $4,502.00 | ↓ -30% |
| Anthem | PAR | $4,759.26 | ↓ -26% |
| United | ColoradoDoctorsPlan | $4,864.82 | ↓ -24% |
| Pinnacol Workers Comp | WORKERSCOMP | $4,904.77 | ↓ -24% |
| Multiplan | BeechStreetWorkersComp | $5,111.29 | ↓ -21% |
| Multiplan | WorkersComp | $5,111.29 | ↓ -21% |
| Medical Development International | COMM | $5,145.14 | ↓ -20% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK | $5,466.72 | ↓ -15% |
| Multiplan | BeechStreetCOMMPPO | $5,788.29 | ↓ -10% |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $5,788.29 | ↓ -10% |
| Rocky Mountain Health Plan | AllPayerAppendix | $6,438.74 | ↑ +0% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $6,438.74 | ↑ +0% |
| Cigna | Connect-SBP | $6,933.86 | ↑ +8% |
| Cigna | SureFit | $8,854.93 | ↑ +38% |
| Cigna | Connect-NSBP | $9,575.33 | ↑ +49% |
| Cigna | Broad | $12,006.68 | ↑ +87% |
| Aetna | NBR | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | ASA | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | ExistingBusiness | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Vein x-ray skull at other Colorado hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus | Loveland | $1,320.70 | $112.00 – $7,601.14 |
| AdventHealth Porter | Denver | $4,488.22 | $192.27 – $6,161.93 |
| HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's | Denver | $4,351.50 | $151.75 – $8,854.93 |
| HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE | Lone Tree | $17,416.30 | $151.75 – $7,474.16 |
| HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE | PARKER | $17,416.30 | $151.75 – $7,474.16 |
| HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION | Denver | $3,608.98 | $4,864.82 – $6,438.74 |
| AdventHealth Littleton | Littleton | $4,488.22 | $192.27 – $6,161.93 |
| AdventHealth Avista | Louisville | $4,488.22 | $192.27 – $6,230.33 |