X-ray scapula complete (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.

$22.38 with Anthem vs $2,145.17 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 $22.38
Anthem PathwayNSBP $28.55
Anthem HMO $45.68
Anthem PPO $45.68
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $169.18
Multiplan WorkersComp $176.30
Multiplan BeechStreetWorkersComp $176.30
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $185.25
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Cigna Connect-SBP $248.79
Cigna SureFit $317.72
Cigna Connect-NSBP $343.56
Vail Health COMM $362.30
Cigna Broad $430.80
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $476.70
Kaiser KPIF $476.70
Kaiser KPSelect $476.70
United OptionsPPO $493.39
Bright Health OON $715.06
Kaiser PPO $846.15
Kaiser HMO $846.15
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $1,001.08
United GlobalBenefit $1,072.58
Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) COMM $1,191.76
Aetna Cofinity $1,258.50
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $1,525.45
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $1,525.45
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $1,525.45
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $1,525.45
Western Plains Community Health COMM $1,549.29
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $1,668.46
NorthCare COMM $1,668.46
Physician Health Partners MCR $1,668.46
Anthem PAR $1,763.80
Medical Development International COMM $1,906.82
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $2,025.99
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $2,145.17
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $2,145.17
Aetna ASA not published by hospital
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital

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X-ray scapula complete (both sides) at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $97.95 $77.08 – $178.60
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $66.18 $48.32 – $178.60
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $120.60 $74.77 – $259.96
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $177.95 $8.01 – $18.43
AdventHealth Porter Denver $1,115.86 $28.16 – $204.02
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $1,115.86 $28.16 – $204.02
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $1,115.86 $28.16 – $206.29
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $1,115.86 $28.16 – $204.02

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