Surgical pathology level 5 gross & microscopic examination at HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE

10101 Ridgegate Parkway, Lone Tree, CO · HCA HealthONE · · NPI 1659325629

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$3,782.85

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.

$3,782.85

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.

$121.15 with Cigna vs $3,404.57 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
Cigna Connect-SBP $121.15 ↓ -97%
Cigna SureFit $134.92 ↓ -96%
Cigna Connect-NSBP $148.68 ↓ -96%
Cigna Broad $185.85 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $291.26 ↓ -92%
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $291.26 ↓ -92%
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $291.26 ↓ -92%
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $553.11 ↓ -85%
Vail Health COMM $574.99 ↓ -85%
Multiplan BeechStreetWorkersComp $576.40 ↓ -85%
Multiplan WorkersComp $576.40 ↓ -85%
Anthem PathwayEssentials $707.76 ↓ -81%
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $756.57 ↓ -80%
Kaiser KPIF $756.57 ↓ -80%
Kaiser KPSelect $756.57 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $783.05 ↓ -79%
Anthem PathwayNSBP $902.91 ↓ -76%
Bright Health OON $1,134.86 ↓ -70%
Kaiser PPO $1,342.91 ↓ -65%
Kaiser HMO $1,342.91 ↓ -65%
Anthem PPO $1,383.48 ↓ -63%
Anthem HMO $1,383.48 ↓ -63%
United GlobalBenefit $1,702.28 ↓ -55%
Aetna Cofinity $1,997.34 ↓ -47%
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $2,421.02 ↓ -36%
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $2,421.02 ↓ -36%
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $2,421.02 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $2,421.02 ↓ -36%
Western Plains Community Health COMM $2,458.85 ↓ -35%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $2,647.99 ↓ -30%
NorthCare COMM $2,647.99 ↓ -30%
Physician Health Partners MCR $2,647.99 ↓ -30%
Anthem PAR $2,799.31 ↓ -26%
Medical Development International COMM $3,026.28 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $3,215.42 ↓ -15%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $3,404.57 ↓ -10%
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $3,404.57 ↓ -10%
Aetna ASA not published by hospital
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital

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Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $587.09 $350.66 – $1,147.60
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