Ghs protoporphyrins fract 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

$163.74

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.

$163.74

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.

$6.81 with Cigna vs $350.00 with Life Source Services — 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
Cigna Connect-SBP $6.81 ↓ -96%
Cigna SureFit $9.14 ↓ -94%
Cigna Connect-NSBP $10.08 ↓ -94%
Cigna Broad $12.60 ↓ -92%
Humana MCR $14.21 ↓ -91%
United MCR $14.28 ↓ -91%
Rocky Mountain Health MGMCR $14.35 ↓ -91%
Devoted Health MCRAdvantage $14.35 ↓ -91%
Mutual of Omaha MCR $14.35 ↓ -91%
Cigna HealthSpring Medicare $14.35 ↓ -91%
Aetna MCRADVHMO $14.35 ↓ -91%
Aetna MCRADVPPO $14.35 ↓ -91%
Bright Health PFFS $14.35 ↓ -91%
Bright Health MCRPPO $14.35 ↓ -91%
Bright Health MCRPOS $14.35 ↓ -91%
United AllPayerAppendix $14.35 ↓ -91%
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $14.35 ↓ -91%
Bright Health MCRHMO $14.35 ↓ -91%
Bright Health DualEligible $14.35 ↓ -91%
Anthem BCBS MCR $14.35 ↓ -91%
Bright Health MCRSNP $14.35 ↓ -91%
TriWest Health Alliance FED $14.35 ↓ -91%
Total LongTerm Care MCR $14.35 ↓ -91%
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $14.35 ↓ -91%
InnovAge Pace MCR $14.64 ↓ -91%
Kaiser MGMCR $14.64 ↓ -91%
WellCare MCR $14.78 ↓ -91%
Delaware Life Insurance MGMCR $15.07 ↓ -91%
Vail Health COMM $24.89 ↓ -85%
Kaiser HMO $30.95 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $33.89 ↓ -79%
Anthem PathwayEssentials $34.87 ↓ -79%
Anthem PathwayNSBP $44.48 ↓ -73%
Bright Health OON $49.12 ↓ -70%
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $55.67 ↓ -66%
Kaiser PPO $58.13 ↓ -64%
Anthem HMO $68.16 ↓ -58%
Anthem PPO $68.16 ↓ -58%
United GlobalBenefit $73.68 ↓ -55%
Aetna Cofinity $86.45 ↓ -47%
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $104.79 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $104.79 ↓ -36%
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $104.79 ↓ -36%
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $104.79 ↓ -36%
Western Plains Community Health COMM $106.43 ↓ -35%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $114.62 ↓ -30%
NorthCare COMM $114.62 ↓ -30%
Physician Health Partners MCR $114.62 ↓ -30%
Anthem PAR $121.17 ↓ -26%
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $122.81 ↓ -25%
Medical Development International COMM $130.99 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $139.18 ↓ -15%
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $147.37 ↓ -10%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $147.37 ↓ -10%
Life Source Services COMM $350.00 ↑ +114%
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital
Aetna ASA not published by hospital

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Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $25.20 $13.92 – $105.45
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