X-ray of mammary ducts 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

$5,018.43

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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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$5,018.43

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.

$51.86 with Anthem vs $4,516.59 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

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 $51.86 ↓ -99%
Anthem PathwayNSBP $66.15 ↓ -99%
Anthem HMO $105.85 ↓ -98%
Anthem PPO $105.85 ↓ -98%
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $377.05 ↓ -92%
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $391.22 ↓ -92%
Multiplan WorkersComp $392.93 ↓ -92%
Multiplan BeechStreetWorkersComp $392.93 ↓ -92%
United AllPayerAppendix $517.79 ↓ -90%
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $517.79 ↓ -90%
Cigna Connect-SBP $543.54 ↓ -89%
Cigna SureFit $694.14 ↓ -86%
Cigna Connect-NSBP $750.61 ↓ -85%
Vail Health COMM $762.80 ↓ -85%
Cigna Broad $941.20 ↓ -81%
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $1,003.69 ↓ -80%
Kaiser KPIF $1,003.69 ↓ -80%
Kaiser KPSelect $1,003.69 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $1,038.82 ↓ -79%
Bright Health OON $1,505.53 ↓ -70%
Kaiser PPO $1,781.54 ↓ -65%
Kaiser HMO $1,781.54 ↓ -65%
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $2,107.74 ↓ -58%
United GlobalBenefit $2,258.29 ↓ -55%
Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) COMM $2,509.22 ↓ -50%
Aetna Cofinity $2,649.73 ↓ -47%
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $3,211.80 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $3,211.80 ↓ -36%
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $3,211.80 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $3,211.80 ↓ -36%
Western Plains Community Health COMM $3,261.98 ↓ -35%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $3,512.90 ↓ -30%
NorthCare COMM $3,512.90 ↓ -30%
Physician Health Partners MCR $3,512.90 ↓ -30%
Anthem PAR $3,713.64 ↓ -26%
Medical Development International COMM $4,014.74 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $4,265.67 ↓ -15%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $4,516.59 ↓ -10%
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $4,516.59 ↓ -10%
Aetna ASA not published by hospital
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital

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X-ray of mammary ducts at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $287.07 $106.00 – $583.01
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $193.95 $112.00 – $583.75
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $243.90 $151.22 – $525.74
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $359.89 $19.81 – $45.59
AdventHealth Porter Denver $1,879.35 $89.07 – $465.64
CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE DENVER $4,140.00 $51.86 – $517.79
HCA HealthONE MOUNTAIN RIDGE Thornton $3,884.58 $51.86 – $517.79
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $1,879.35 $89.07 – $465.64

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