Homovanillic acid (hva) 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.

$10.64 with Cigna vs $106.45 with Anthem — 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 $10.64
Cigna SureFit $14.28
Cigna Connect-NSBP $15.74
Cigna Broad $19.67
Humana MCR $22.19
United MCR $22.30
Devoted Health MCRAdvantage $22.41
Bright Health MCRHMO $22.41
Bright Health MCRPOS $22.41
Bright Health MCRPPO $22.41
Bright Health MCRSNP $22.41
Bright Health PFFS $22.41
Cigna HealthSpring Medicare $22.41
Mutual of Omaha MCR $22.41
Rocky Mountain Health MGMCR $22.41
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $22.41
Total LongTerm Care MCR $22.41
TriWest Health Alliance FED $22.41
Aetna MCRADVHMO $22.41
Aetna MCRADVPPO $22.41
United AllPayerAppendix $22.41
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $22.41
Anthem BCBS MCR $22.41
Bright Health DualEligible $22.41
Kaiser MGMCR $22.86
InnovAge Pace MCR $22.86
WellCare MCR $23.08
Delaware Life Insurance MGMCR $23.53
Anthem PathwayEssentials $54.46
Anthem PathwayNSBP $69.47
Anthem HMO $106.45
Anthem PPO $106.45
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital
Aetna ASA not published by hospital

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Homovanillic acid (hva) at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $15.44 $21.74 – $64.60
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $15.64 $17.48 – $64.60
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $22.44 $18.97 – $65.96
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $41.89 $28.66 – $65.96
AdventHealth Porter Denver $307.74 $21.96 – $41.46
HCA HealthONE BELMAR ER, A PART OF SWEDISH LAKEWOOD $238.64 $13.11 – $54.46
HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION Denver $357.94 $22.19 – $23.53
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $307.74 $21.96 – $41.46

All Colorado hospitals for this procedure →