CT thoracic spine 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.

$114.53 with Anthem vs $6,986.83 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 $114.53
Anthem PathwayNSBP $146.10
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $169.18
Multiplan BeechStreetWorkersComp $176.30
Multiplan WorkersComp $176.30
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $185.25
Anthem HMO $233.76
Anthem PPO $233.76
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $245.18
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Life Source Services COMM $350.00
Aetna NBR $1,164.00
Vail Health COMM $1,180.00
Aetna ExistingBusiness $1,419.00
Kaiser HMO $1,467.23
United OptionsPPO $1,606.97
Aetna ASA $1,763.00
Bright Health OON $2,328.94
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $2,639.47
United GlobalBenefit $3,493.41
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $4,968.41
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $4,968.41
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $4,968.41
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $4,968.41
Western Plains Community Health COMM $5,046.04
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $5,434.20
NorthCare COMM $5,434.20
Physician Health Partners MCR $5,434.20
Anthem PAR $5,744.72
Medical Development International COMM $6,210.51
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $6,598.67
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $6,986.83
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $6,986.83
Aetna Cofinity not published by hospital

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CT thoracic spine without contrast at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $443.85 $103.66 – $1,083.95
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $381.09 $88.40 – $1,083.95
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $850.50 $106.87 – $3,055.50
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $1,877.40 $43.40 – $99.91
AdventHealth Porter Denver $5,800.95 $108.08 – $204.02
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $5,800.95 $108.08 – $204.02
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $5,800.95 $109.28 – $206.29
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $5,800.95 $108.08 – $204.02

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