Darbepoetin alfa 100 mcg/0.5 ml in polysorbate injection syringe 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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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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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.

$3.75 with Cigna vs $2,194.72 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

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
Cigna Connect-SBP $3.75
Cigna SureFit $4.13
Cigna Connect-NSBP $4.13
Cigna Broad $4.13
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $4.68
Multiplan BeechStreetWorkersComp $4.88
Multiplan WorkersComp $4.88
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $4.98
United AllPayerAppendix $9.06
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $9.06
Life Source Services COMM $350.00
Vail Health COMM $370.66
Kaiser HMO $460.89
United OptionsPPO $504.79
Bright Health OON $731.57
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $829.12
Kaiser PPO $865.70
United GlobalBenefit $1,097.36
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $1,560.69
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $1,560.69
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $1,560.69
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $1,560.69
Western Plains Community Health COMM $1,585.08
Physician Health Partners MCR $1,707.01
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $1,707.01
NorthCare COMM $1,707.01
Anthem PAR $1,804.55
Medical Development International COMM $1,950.86
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $2,072.79
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $2,194.72
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $2,194.72
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ASA not published by hospital

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Darbepoetin alfa 100 mcg/0.5 ml in polysorbate injection syringe at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
AdventHealth Porter Denver $8,925.25 $2.87 – $5.41
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $8,925.25 $2.87 – $5.41
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $8,925.25 $2.87 – $5.41
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $8,925.25 $2.87 – $5.41
AdventHealth Parker Parker $8,925.25 $2.87 – $5.41
HCA HealthONE AURORA Aurora not published $4.13 – $9.06
CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE DENVER not published $3.59 – $9.06
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver not published $4.13 – $4.98

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