Chg radiologic exam esophagus double 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

$3,667.91

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.

$3,667.91

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.

$79.12 with Anthem vs $3,301.12 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 $79.12 ↓ -98%
Anthem PathwayNSBP $100.94 ↓ -97%
Anthem HMO $161.50 ↓ -96%
Anthem PPO $161.50 ↓ -96%
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $282.72 ↓ -92%
Multiplan WorkersComp $294.62 ↓ -92%
Multiplan BeechStreetWorkersComp $294.62 ↓ -92%
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $303.54 ↓ -92%
Life Source Services COMM $350.00 ↓ -90%
Cigna Connect-SBP $372.53 ↓ -90%
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74 ↓ -89%
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $401.74 ↓ -89%
Cigna SureFit $536.07 ↓ -85%
Vail Health COMM $557.52 ↓ -85%
Cigna Connect-NSBP $579.69 ↓ -84%
Kaiser HMO $693.23 ↓ -81%
Cigna Broad $726.88 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $759.26 ↓ -79%
Bright Health OON $1,100.37 ↓ -70%
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $1,247.09 ↓ -66%
Kaiser PPO $1,302.11 ↓ -64%
United GlobalBenefit $1,650.56 ↓ -55%
Aetna Cofinity $1,936.66 ↓ -47%
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $2,347.46 ↓ -36%
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $2,347.46 ↓ -36%
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $2,347.46 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $2,347.46 ↓ -36%
Western Plains Community Health COMM $2,384.14 ↓ -35%
Physician Health Partners MCR $2,567.54 ↓ -30%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $2,567.54 ↓ -30%
NorthCare COMM $2,567.54 ↓ -30%
Anthem PAR $2,714.25 ↓ -26%
Medical Development International COMM $2,934.33 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $3,117.72 ↓ -15%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $3,301.12 ↓ -10%
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $3,301.12 ↓ -10%
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital
Aetna ASA not published by hospital
Aetna NBR not published by hospital

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