Lumbar diskogram s&i 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

$7,415.68

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.

$7,415.68

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.

$100.16 with Anthem vs $7,244.88 with Cigna — 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
Anthem PathwayEssentials $100.16 ↓ -99%
Anthem PathwayNSBP $127.78 ↓ -98%
Anthem HMO $204.45 ↓ -97%
Anthem PPO $204.45 ↓ -97%
Life Source Services COMM $350.00 ↓ -95%
Vail Health COMM $1,127.18 ↓ -85%
Kaiser HMO $1,401.56 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $1,535.05 ↓ -79%
Bright Health OON $2,224.70 ↓ -70%
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $2,521.33 ↓ -66%
Kaiser PPO $2,632.57 ↓ -64%
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $2,971.00 ↓ -60%
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $2,982.46 ↓ -60%
Multiplan WorkersComp $3,096.10 ↓ -58%
Multiplan BeechStreetWorkersComp $3,096.10 ↓ -58%
United GlobalBenefit $3,337.06 ↓ -55%
Cigna Connect-SBP $3,713.00 ↓ -50%
Aetna Cofinity $3,915.48 ↓ -47%
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $3,947.38 ↓ -47%
United AllPayerAppendix $3,947.38 ↓ -47%
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $4,746.04 ↓ -36%
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $4,746.04 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $4,746.04 ↓ -36%
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $4,746.04 ↓ -36%
Western Plains Community Health COMM $4,820.19 ↓ -35%
NorthCare COMM $5,190.98 ↓ -30%
Physician Health Partners MCR $5,190.98 ↓ -30%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $5,190.98 ↓ -30%
Cigna SureFit $5,343.10 ↓ -28%
Anthem PAR $5,487.60 ↓ -26%
Cigna Connect-NSBP $5,777.79 ↓ -22%
Medical Development International COMM $5,932.54 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $6,303.33 ↓ -15%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $6,674.11 ↓ -10%
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $6,674.11 ↓ -10%
Cigna Broad $7,244.88 ↓ -2%
Aetna ASA not published by hospital
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital

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Lumbar diskogram s&i at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $2,905.62 $106.00 – $5,298.15
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $1,963.10 $112.00 – $5,298.15
AdventHealth Porter Denver $7,308.79 $131.51 – $3,810.81
CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE DENVER $20,698.00 $100.16 – $3,947.38
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AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $7,308.79 $131.51 – $3,810.81
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $7,308.79 $131.51 – $3,853.11

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