Artery x-rays spine 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

$10,006.22

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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$10,006.22

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.

$298.02 with Anthem vs $20,715.72 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 $298.02 ↓ -97%
Life Source Services COMM $350.00 ↓ -97%
Anthem PathwayNSBP $380.18 ↓ -96%
Anthem HMO $608.29 ↓ -94%
Anthem PPO $608.29 ↓ -94%
Vail Health COMM $1,520.95 ↓ -85%
Kaiser HMO $1,891.18 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $2,071.29 ↓ -79%
Bright Health OON $3,001.87 ↓ -70%
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $3,402.11 ↓ -66%
Kaiser PPO $3,552.21 ↓ -64%
United GlobalBenefit $4,502.80 ↓ -55%
Aetna Cofinity $5,283.28 ↓ -47%
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $6,403.98 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $6,403.98 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $6,403.98 ↓ -36%
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $6,403.98 ↓ -36%
Western Plains Community Health COMM $6,504.04 ↓ -35%
NorthCare COMM $7,004.35 ↓ -30%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $7,004.35 ↓ -30%
Physician Health Partners MCR $7,004.35 ↓ -30%
Anthem PAR $7,404.60 ↓ -26%
Medical Development International COMM $8,004.98 ↓ -20%
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $8,109.63 ↓ -19%
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $8,456.01 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $8,505.29 ↓ -15%
Multiplan WorkersComp $8,812.05 ↓ -12%
Multiplan BeechStreetWorkersComp $8,812.05 ↓ -12%
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $9,005.60 ↓ -10%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $9,005.60 ↓ -10%
Cigna Connect-SBP $10,616.81 ↑ +6%
United AllPayerAppendix $10,733.33 ↑ +7%
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $10,733.33 ↑ +7%
Cigna SureFit $15,277.84 ↑ +53%
Cigna Connect-NSBP $16,520.79 ↑ +65%
Cigna Broad $20,715.72 ↑ +107%
Aetna ASA not published by hospital
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital

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