Cell marker study 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

$1,331.34

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.

$1,331.34

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.

$49.76 with United vs $1,198.21 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
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $49.76 ↓ -96%
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $49.76 ↓ -96%
United AllPayerAppendix $49.76 ↓ -96%
Cigna Connect-SBP $58.69 ↓ -96%
Cigna SureFit $78.79 ↓ -94%
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $83.38 ↓ -94%
Cigna Connect-NSBP $86.83 ↓ -93%
Multiplan WorkersComp $86.89 ↓ -93%
Multiplan BeechStreetWorkersComp $86.89 ↓ -93%
Cigna Broad $108.54 ↓ -92%
Anthem PathwayEssentials $120.92 ↓ -91%
Anthem PathwayNSBP $154.26 ↓ -88%
Vail Health COMM $202.36 ↓ -85%
Anthem HMO $236.36 ↓ -82%
Anthem PPO $236.36 ↓ -82%
Kaiser HMO $251.62 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $275.59 ↓ -79%
Life Source Services COMM $350.00 ↓ -74%
Bright Health OON $399.40 ↓ -70%
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $452.66 ↓ -66%
Kaiser PPO $472.63 ↓ -64%
United GlobalBenefit $599.10 ↓ -55%
Aetna Cofinity $702.95 ↓ -47%
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $852.06 ↓ -36%
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $852.06 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $852.06 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $852.06 ↓ -36%
Western Plains Community Health COMM $865.37 ↓ -35%
NorthCare COMM $931.94 ↓ -30%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $931.94 ↓ -30%
Physician Health Partners MCR $931.94 ↓ -30%
Anthem PAR $985.19 ↓ -26%
Medical Development International COMM $1,065.07 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $1,131.64 ↓ -15%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $1,198.21 ↓ -10%
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $1,198.21 ↓ -10%
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital
Aetna ASA not published by hospital
Aetna NBR not published by hospital

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