Dch validity tests 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

not published by hospital

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

not published by hospital

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$1.65 with Cigna vs $350.00 with Life Source Services — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
Cigna Connect-SBP $1.65
Cigna SureFit $2.21
Cigna Connect-NSBP $2.44
Cigna Broad $3.05
Humana MCR $3.45
United MCR $3.46
Rocky Mountain Health MGMCR $3.48
Devoted Health MCRAdvantage $3.48
Mutual of Omaha MCR $3.48
Cigna HealthSpring Medicare $3.48
Aetna MCRADVHMO $3.48
Aetna MCRADVPPO $3.48
Bright Health PFFS $3.48
Bright Health MCRPPO $3.48
Bright Health MCRPOS $3.48
United AllPayerAppendix $3.48
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $3.48
Bright Health MCRHMO $3.48
Bright Health DualEligible $3.48
Anthem BCBS MCR $3.48
Bright Health MCRSNP $3.48
TriWest Health Alliance FED $3.48
Total LongTerm Care MCR $3.48
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $3.48
InnovAge Pace MCR $3.55
Kaiser MGMCR $3.55
WellCare MCR $3.58
Delaware Life Insurance MGMCR $3.65
Anthem PathwayEssentials $8.46
Anthem PathwayNSBP $10.79
Anthem PPO $16.53
Anthem HMO $16.53
Vail Health COMM $22.17
Kaiser HMO $27.57
United OptionsPPO $30.19
Bright Health OON $43.76
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $49.59
Kaiser PPO $51.78
United GlobalBenefit $65.63
Aetna Cofinity $77.01
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $93.34
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $93.34
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $93.34
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $93.34
Western Plains Community Health COMM $94.80
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $102.09
NorthCare COMM $102.09
Physician Health Partners MCR $102.09
Anthem PAR $107.93
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $109.39
Medical Development International COMM $116.68
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $123.97
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $131.26
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $131.26
Life Source Services COMM $350.00
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital
Aetna ASA not published by hospital

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Dch validity tests at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $1.41 $3.38 – $10.45
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $1.96 $2.83 – $10.45
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $4.31 $3.07 – $10.67
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $6.05 $4.64 – $10.67
AdventHealth Porter Denver $90.15 $3.41 – $6.44
HCA HealthONE BELMAR ER, A PART OF SWEDISH LAKEWOOD $114.71 $2.03 – $8.46
HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION Denver $53.71 $3.45 – $3.65
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $90.15 $3.41 – $6.44

All Colorado hospitals for this procedure →