Artery x-rays chest at HCA HealthONE MOUNTAIN RIDGE

9191 Grant Street, Thornton, CO · HCA HealthONE · · NPI 1821042979

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

$10,923.56

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.

$10,923.56

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.

$132.46 with Anthem vs $12,006.68 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.

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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 $132.46 ↓ -99%
Anthem PathwayNSBP $168.98 ↓ -98%
Anthem HMO $270.37 ↓ -98%
Anthem PPO $270.37 ↓ -98%
Life Source Services COMM $350.00 ↓ -97%
Vail Health COMM $1,660.38 ↓ -85%
Kaiser HMO $2,064.55 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $2,261.18 ↓ -79%
Bright Health OON $3,277.07 ↓ -70%
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $3,714.01 ↓ -66%
Kaiser PPO $3,877.86 ↓ -65%
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $4,864.82 ↓ -55%
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $4,904.77 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefit $4,915.60 ↓ -55%
Multiplan WorkersComp $5,111.29 ↓ -53%
Multiplan BeechStreetWorkersComp $5,111.29 ↓ -53%
Aetna Cofinity $5,767.64 ↓ -47%
Cigna Connect-SBP $6,153.42 ↓ -44%
United AllPayerAppendix $6,438.74 ↓ -41%
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $6,438.74 ↓ -41%
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $6,991.08 ↓ -36%
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $6,991.08 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $6,991.08 ↓ -36%
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $6,991.08 ↓ -36%
Western Plains Community Health COMM $7,100.31 ↓ -35%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $7,646.49 ↓ -30%
NorthCare COMM $7,646.49 ↓ -30%
Physician Health Partners MCR $7,646.49 ↓ -30%
Anthem PAR $8,083.43 ↓ -26%
Medical Development International COMM $8,738.85 ↓ -20%
Cigna SureFit $8,854.93 ↓ -19%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $9,285.03 ↓ -15%
Cigna Connect-NSBP $9,575.33 ↓ -12%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $9,831.20 ↓ -10%
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $9,831.20 ↓ -10%
Cigna Broad $12,006.68 ↑ +10%
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ASA not published by hospital

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Artery x-rays chest at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $1,760.16 $106.00 – $7,591.61
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $1,102.05 $112.00 – $7,601.14
AdventHealth Porter Denver $4,776.17 $198.91 – $6,161.93
HCA HealthONE AURORA Aurora $22,247.86 $132.46 – $6,933.86
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AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $4,776.17 $198.91 – $6,161.93
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $4,776.17 $198.91 – $6,230.33

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