X-ray hand 2 views (both sides) 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.

$19.83 with Anthem vs $1,416.27 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
Anthem PathwayEssentials $19.83
Anthem PathwayNSBP $25.30
Anthem PPO $40.47
Anthem HMO $40.47
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $169.18
Multiplan BeechStreetWorkersComp $176.30
Multiplan WorkersComp $176.30
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $185.25
Vail Health COMM $239.19
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Cigna Connect-SBP $248.79
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $314.73
Kaiser KPIF $314.73
Kaiser KPSelect $314.73
Cigna SureFit $317.72
United OptionsPPO $325.74
Cigna Connect-NSBP $343.56
Cigna Broad $430.80
Bright Health OON $472.09
Kaiser HMO $558.64
Kaiser PPO $558.64
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $660.92
United GlobalBenefit $708.13
Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) COMM $786.82
Aetna Cofinity $830.88
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $1,007.12
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $1,007.12
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $1,007.12
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $1,007.12
Western Plains Community Health COMM $1,022.86
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $1,101.54
NorthCare COMM $1,101.54
Physician Health Partners MCR $1,101.54
Anthem PAR $1,164.49
Medical Development International COMM $1,258.90
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $1,337.59
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $1,416.27
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $1,416.27
Aetna ASA not published by hospital
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital

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X-ray hand 2 views (both sides) at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $83.88 $66.01 – $153.00
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $56.67 $41.38 – $153.00
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $103.05 $63.89 – $222.13
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $152.06 $7.59 – $17.46
AdventHealth Porter Denver $966.21 $42.93 – $204.02
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $966.21 $42.93 – $204.02
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $966.21 $42.93 – $206.29
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $966.21 $42.93 – $204.02

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