Brain image 4+ views 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

$8,925.49

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.

$8,925.49

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.

$61.02 with Anthem vs $8,032.94 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
Anthem PathwayEssentials $61.02 ↓ -99%
Anthem PathwayNSBP $77.84 ↓ -99%
Anthem HMO $124.55 ↓ -99%
Anthem PPO $124.55 ↓ -99%
Life Source Services COMM $350.00 ↓ -96%
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $831.71 ↓ -91%
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $831.98 ↓ -91%
Multiplan BeechStreetWorkersComp $866.73 ↓ -90%
Multiplan WorkersComp $866.73 ↓ -90%
Cigna Connect-SBP $1,042.12 ↓ -88%
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $1,101.15 ↓ -88%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,101.15 ↓ -88%
Vail Health COMM $1,356.67 ↓ -85%
Cigna SureFit $1,499.63 ↓ -83%
Cigna Connect-NSBP $1,621.64 ↓ -82%
Kaiser HMO $1,686.92 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $1,847.58 ↓ -79%
Cigna Broad $2,033.40 ↓ -77%
Bright Health OON $2,677.65 ↓ -70%
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $3,034.67 ↓ -66%
Kaiser PPO $3,168.55 ↓ -64%
United GlobalBenefit $4,016.47 ↓ -55%
Aetna Cofinity $4,712.66 ↓ -47%
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $5,712.31 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $5,712.31 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $5,712.31 ↓ -36%
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $5,712.31 ↓ -36%
Western Plains Community Health COMM $5,801.57 ↓ -35%
Physician Health Partners MCR $6,247.84 ↓ -30%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $6,247.84 ↓ -30%
NorthCare COMM $6,247.84 ↓ -30%
Anthem PAR $6,604.86 ↓ -26%
Medical Development International COMM $7,140.39 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $7,586.67 ↓ -15%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $8,032.94 ↓ -10%
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $8,032.94 ↓ -10%
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital
Aetna ASA not published by hospital

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