X-ray surgical specimen at HCA HealthONE AURORA
1501 S. Potomac Street, Aurora, CO · HCA HealthONE · · NPI 1659327013
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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.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
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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.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$36.28 with Anthem vs $2,027.88 with Cigna — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
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 | $36.28 | — |
| Anthem | PathwayNSBP | $46.28 | — |
| Anthem | HMO | $74.05 | — |
| Anthem | PPO | $74.05 | — |
| Vail Health | COMM | $126.70 | — |
| Kaiser | KPIF | $166.71 | — |
| Kaiser | KPSelect | $166.71 | — |
| Kaiser | CommercialSmallGroupPlans | $166.71 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $172.55 | — |
| Bright Health | OON | $250.07 | — |
| Kaiser | HMO | $295.92 | — |
| Kaiser | PPO | $295.92 | — |
| Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs | HCP | $350.10 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefit | $375.11 | — |
| Evernorth (Cigna Behavioral Health) | COMM | $416.79 | — |
| Aetna | Cofinity | $440.12 | — |
| Cigna | BroadLeanBenefitPlans | $533.48 | — |
| Cigna | SureFitLeanBenefitPlans | $533.48 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans | $533.48 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans | $533.48 | — |
| Western Plains Community Health | COMM | $541.82 | — |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK | $583.50 | — |
| Physician Health Partners | MCR | $583.50 | — |
| NorthCare | COMM | $583.50 | — |
| Anthem | PAR | $616.84 | — |
| Medical Development International | COMM | $666.86 | — |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK | $708.53 | — |
| Multiplan | BeechStreetCOMMPPO | $750.21 | — |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $750.21 | — |
| United | ColoradoDoctorsPlan | $820.91 | — |
| Pinnacol Workers Comp | WORKERSCOMP | $848.89 | — |
| Multiplan | BeechStreetWorkersComp | $884.63 | — |
| Multiplan | WorkersComp | $884.63 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $1,086.50 | — |
| Rocky Mountain Health Plan | AllPayerAppendix | $1,086.50 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-SBP | $1,171.10 | — |
| Cigna | SureFit | $1,495.56 | — |
| Cigna | Connect-NSBP | $1,617.23 | — |
| Cigna | Broad | $2,027.88 | — |
| Aetna | NBR | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | ASA | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | ExistingBusiness | not published by hospital | — |
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X-ray surgical specimen at other Colorado hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner Fort Collins Medical Center | Fort Collins | $208.40 | $106.00 – $1,322.47 |
| Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus | Loveland | $140.80 | $102.80 – $1,324.13 |
| Sterling Regional Medical Center | Sterling | $116.10 | $71.98 – $606.13 |
| East Morgan County Hospital | Brush | $171.31 | $13.91 – $32.01 |
| AdventHealth Porter | Denver | $894.18 | $51.54 – $1,066.35 |
| HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's | Denver | $598.75 | $36.28 – $1,495.56 |
| HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE | Lone Tree | $906.40 | $36.28 – $1,262.36 |
| HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE | PARKER | $906.40 | $36.28 – $1,262.36 |