ER Visit (level 5, high severity) 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.

$350.00 with Life Source Services vs $16,763.35 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
Life Source Services COMM $350.00
Mutual of Omaha MCR $795.00
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $988.36
Multiplan BeechStreetWorkersComp $1,029.98
Multiplan WorkersComp $1,029.98
Cigna Connect-SBP $1,744.00
Cigna SureFit $2,202.00
Cigna Connect-NSBP $2,607.00
Vail Health COMM $2,831.14
Kaiser HMO $3,520.30
Cigna Broad $3,560.00
United OptionsPPO $3,855.57
Anthem PathwayEssentials $4,476.00
Kaiser PPO $5,268.00
Bright Health OON $5,587.78
Anthem PathwayNSBP $5,833.00
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $6,250.00
United GlobalBenefit $8,381.68
Anthem HMO $10,189.00
Anthem PPO $10,189.00
Aetna NBR $10,407.00
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $11,920.61
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $11,920.61
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $11,920.61
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $11,920.61
Western Plains Community Health COMM $12,106.87
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $12,323.00
United AllPayerAppendix $12,323.00
Aetna ExistingBusiness $12,691.00
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $13,038.17
NorthCare COMM $13,038.17
Physician Health Partners MCR $13,038.17
Anthem PAR $13,783.20
Medical Development International COMM $14,900.76
Aetna ASA $15,317.00
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $15,832.06
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $16,763.35
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $16,763.35

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ER Visit (level 5, high severity) at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $2,245.25 $597.67 – $4,750.00
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $1,796.26 $598.42 – $4,750.00
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $1,865.05 $407.34 – $1,416.20
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $2,627.34 $328.69 – $756.60
AdventHealth Porter Denver $17,124.42 $304.91 – $1,162.20
HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION Denver $5,118.43 $988.36 – $1,029.98
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $17,124.42 $304.91 – $1,162.20
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $17,124.42 $304.91 – $1,175.10

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