Chest CT scan (with and without contrast) 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

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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.

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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.

$141.79 with Anthem vs $8,382.52 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 $141.79
Anthem PathwayNSBP $180.89
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $282.72
Anthem HMO $289.42
Anthem PPO $289.42
Multiplan WorkersComp $294.62
Multiplan BeechStreetWorkersComp $294.62
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $303.54
Life Source Services COMM $350.00
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $401.74
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74
Aetna NBR $1,164.00
Vail Health COMM $1,415.71
Aetna ExistingBusiness $1,419.00
Kaiser HMO $1,760.33
Aetna ASA $1,763.00
United OptionsPPO $1,927.98
Bright Health OON $2,794.17
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $3,166.73
United GlobalBenefit $4,191.26
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $5,960.90
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $5,960.90
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $5,960.90
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $5,960.90
Western Plains Community Health COMM $6,054.04
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $6,519.74
NorthCare COMM $6,519.74
Physician Health Partners MCR $6,519.74
Anthem PAR $6,892.29
Medical Development International COMM $7,451.13
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $7,916.82
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $8,382.52
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $8,382.52
Aetna Cofinity not published by hospital

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Chest CT scan (with and without contrast) at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $535.65 $173.54 – $1,308.15
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $459.92 $88.40 – $1,308.15
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $615.33 $178.91 – $2,210.63
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $1,358.28 $59.42 – $136.77
AdventHealth Porter Denver $7,422.35 $181.33 – $342.30
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver $8,888.00 $141.79 – $401.74
HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE PARKER $14,320.00 $141.79 – $2,952.16
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $7,422.35 $181.33 – $342.30

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