Very long chain fatty acids 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

$3,944.28

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.

$3,944.28

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.

$10.53 with Cigna vs $3,549.85 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
Cigna Connect-SBP $10.53 ↓ -100%
Cigna SureFit $12.58 ↓ -100%
Cigna Connect-NSBP $13.87 ↓ -100%
Cigna Broad $17.33 ↓ -100%
Humana MCR $19.55 ↓ -100%
United MCR $19.65 ↓ -100%
Mutual of Omaha MCR $19.75 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MCRAdvantage $19.75 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring Medicare $19.75 ↓ -99%
Bright Health PFFS $19.75 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCRADVHMO $19.75 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCRADVPPO $19.75 ↓ -99%
Bright Health MCRSNP $19.75 ↓ -99%
Total LongTerm Care MCR $19.75 ↓ -99%
Bright Health MCRPOS $19.75 ↓ -99%
Bright Health MCRHMO $19.75 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $19.75 ↓ -99%
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $19.75 ↓ -99%
Bright Health DualEligible $19.75 ↓ -99%
Anthem BCBS MCR $19.75 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance FED $19.75 ↓ -99%
Bright Health MCRPPO $19.75 ↓ -99%
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $19.75 ↓ -99%
Rocky Mountain Health MGMCR $19.75 ↓ -99%
Kaiser MGMCR $20.14 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCR $20.34 ↓ -99%
Delaware Life Insurance MGMCR $20.74 ↓ -99%
Anthem PathwayEssentials $47.99 ↓ -99%
Anthem PathwayNSBP $61.23 ↓ -98%
Anthem PPO $93.81 ↓ -98%
Anthem HMO $93.81 ↓ -98%
Vail Health COMM $599.53 ↓ -85%
Kaiser KPSelect $788.86 ↓ -80%
Kaiser KPIF $788.86 ↓ -80%
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $788.86 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $816.47 ↓ -79%
Bright Health OON $1,183.28 ↓ -70%
Kaiser PPO $1,400.22 ↓ -64%
Kaiser HMO $1,400.22 ↓ -64%
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $1,656.60 ↓ -58%
United GlobalBenefit $1,774.93 ↓ -55%
Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) COMM $1,972.14 ↓ -50%
Aetna Cofinity $2,082.58 ↓ -47%
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $2,524.34 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $2,524.34 ↓ -36%
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $2,524.34 ↓ -36%
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $2,524.34 ↓ -36%
Western Plains Community Health COMM $2,563.78 ↓ -35%
Physician Health Partners MCR $2,761.00 ↓ -30%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $2,761.00 ↓ -30%
NorthCare COMM $2,761.00 ↓ -30%
Anthem PAR $2,918.77 ↓ -26%
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $2,958.21 ↓ -25%
Medical Development International COMM $3,155.42 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $3,352.64 ↓ -15%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $3,549.85 ↓ -10%
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $3,549.85 ↓ -10%
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ASA not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital

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Very long chain fatty acids at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $46.54 $19.16 – $194.75
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $47.15 $19.16 – $194.75
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $67.65 $19.75 – $198.85
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $126.28 $86.39 – $198.85
AdventHealth Porter Denver $287.19 $19.36 – $36.54
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver $637.25 $12.58 – $47.99
HCA HealthONE BELMAR ER, A PART OF SWEDISH LAKEWOOD $1,195.33 $11.56 – $47.99
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $287.19 $19.36 – $36.54

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