Assay of feces porphyrins 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

$515.62

Cash price

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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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$515.62

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.

$18.56 with Cigna vs $464.06 with Prime Health — 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 $18.56 ↓ -96%
Cigna SureFit $24.91 ↓ -95%
Cigna Connect-NSBP $27.45 ↓ -95%
Cigna Broad $34.32 ↓ -93%
Humana MCR $38.72 ↓ -92%
United MCR $38.91 ↓ -92%
Rocky Mountain Health MGMCR $39.11 ↓ -92%
Devoted Health MCRAdvantage $39.11 ↓ -92%
Mutual of Omaha MCR $39.11 ↓ -92%
Cigna HealthSpring Medicare $39.11 ↓ -92%
Aetna MCRADVHMO $39.11 ↓ -92%
Aetna MCRADVPPO $39.11 ↓ -92%
Bright Health PFFS $39.11 ↓ -92%
Bright Health MCRPPO $39.11 ↓ -92%
Bright Health MCRPOS $39.11 ↓ -92%
United AllPayerAppendix $39.11 ↓ -92%
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $39.11 ↓ -92%
Bright Health MCRHMO $39.11 ↓ -92%
Bright Health DualEligible $39.11 ↓ -92%
Anthem BCBS MCR $39.11 ↓ -92%
Bright Health MCRSNP $39.11 ↓ -92%
TriWest Health Alliance FED $39.11 ↓ -92%
Total LongTerm Care MCR $39.11 ↓ -92%
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $39.11 ↓ -92%
InnovAge Pace MCR $39.89 ↓ -92%
Kaiser MGMCR $39.89 ↓ -92%
WellCare MCR $40.28 ↓ -92%
Delaware Life Insurance MGMCR $41.07 ↓ -92%
Vail Health COMM $78.37 ↓ -85%
Anthem PathwayEssentials $95.04 ↓ -82%
Kaiser HMO $97.45 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $106.73 ↓ -79%
Anthem PathwayNSBP $121.24 ↓ -76%
Bright Health OON $154.69 ↓ -70%
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $175.31 ↓ -66%
Kaiser PPO $183.05 ↓ -64%
Anthem HMO $185.77 ↓ -64%
Anthem PPO $185.77 ↓ -64%
United GlobalBenefit $232.03 ↓ -55%
Aetna Cofinity $272.25 ↓ -47%
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $330.00 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $330.00 ↓ -36%
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $330.00 ↓ -36%
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $330.00 ↓ -36%
Western Plains Community Health COMM $335.15 ↓ -35%
Life Source Services COMM $350.00 ↓ -32%
Physician Health Partners MCR $360.93 ↓ -30%
NorthCare COMM $360.93 ↓ -30%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $360.93 ↓ -30%
Anthem PAR $381.56 ↓ -26%
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $386.71 ↓ -25%
Medical Development International COMM $412.50 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $438.28 ↓ -15%
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $464.06 ↓ -10%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $464.06 ↓ -10%
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital
Aetna ASA not published by hospital

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Assay of feces porphyrins at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $39.27 $37.94 – $164.35
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $39.79 $37.94 – $164.35
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $57.09 $39.11 – $167.81
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AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $405.12 $38.33 – $72.35
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