X-ray forearm 2 views (both sides) at HCA HealthONE AURORA
1501 S. Potomac Street, Aurora, CO · HCA HealthONE · · NPI 1659327013
not published by hospital
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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
not published by hospital
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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$18.95 with Anthem vs $1,681.70 with Multiplan — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
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 →
?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anthem | PathwayEssentials | $18.95 | — |
| Anthem | PathwayNSBP | $24.18 | — |
| Anthem | HMO | $38.69 | — |
| Anthem | PPO | $38.69 | — |
| United | ColoradoDoctorsPlan | $137.53 | — |
| Pinnacol Workers Comp | WORKERSCOMP | $139.83 | — |
| Multiplan | WorkersComp | $145.72 | — |
| Multiplan | BeechStreetWorkersComp | $145.72 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $182.03 | — |
| Rocky Mountain Health Plan | AllPayerAppendix | $182.03 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-SBP | $202.22 | — |
| Cigna | SureFit | $258.24 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-NSBP | $279.25 | — |
| Vail Health | COMM | $284.02 | — |
| Cigna | Broad | $350.16 | — |
| Kaiser | CommercialSmallGroupPlans | $373.71 | — |
| Kaiser | KPIF | $373.71 | — |
| Kaiser | KPSelect | $373.71 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $386.79 | — |
| Bright Health | OON | $560.57 | — |
| Kaiser | PPO | $663.34 | — |
| Kaiser | HMO | $663.34 | — |
| Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs | HCP | $784.80 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefit | $840.85 | — |
| Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) | COMM | $934.28 | — |
| Aetna | Cofinity | $986.60 | — |
| Cigna | SureFitLeanBenefitPlans | $1,195.88 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans | $1,195.88 | — |
| Cigna | BroadLeanBenefitPlans | $1,195.88 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans | $1,195.88 | — |
| Western Plains Community Health | COMM | $1,214.56 | — |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK | $1,307.99 | — |
| NorthCare | COMM | $1,307.99 | — |
| Physician Health Partners | MCR | $1,307.99 | — |
| Anthem | PAR | $1,382.73 | — |
| Medical Development International | COMM | $1,494.85 | — |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK | $1,588.28 | — |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $1,681.70 | — |
| Multiplan | BeechStreetCOMMPPO | $1,681.70 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | NBR | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | ExistingBusiness | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
X-ray forearm 2 views (both sides) at other Colorado hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner Fort Collins Medical Center | Fort Collins | $87.01 | $68.47 – $158.65 |
| Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus | Loveland | $58.78 | $42.92 – $158.65 |
| Sterling Regional Medical Center | Sterling | $144.90 | $89.84 – $312.34 |
| East Morgan County Hospital | Brush | $213.81 | $7.59 – $17.46 |
| AdventHealth Porter | Denver | $967.84 | $39.86 – $169.83 |
| HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION | Denver | $477.25 | $137.53 – $182.03 |
| AdventHealth Littleton | Littleton | $967.84 | $39.86 – $169.83 |
| AdventHealth Avista | Louisville | $967.84 | $39.86 – $171.72 |