Middle cerebral artery echo 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

$483.89

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.

$483.89

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.

$73.55 with Vail Health vs $435.50 with Prime Health — 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
Vail Health COMM $73.55 ↓ -85%
Anthem PathwayEssentials $82.79 ↓ -83%
Kaiser HMO $91.46 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $100.17 ↓ -79%
Anthem PathwayNSBP $105.62 ↓ -78%
Bright Health OON $145.17 ↓ -70%
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $164.52 ↓ -66%
Anthem HMO $168.99 ↓ -65%
Anthem PPO $168.99 ↓ -65%
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $169.18 ↓ -65%
Kaiser PPO $171.78 ↓ -65%
Multiplan WorkersComp $176.30 ↓ -64%
Multiplan BeechStreetWorkersComp $176.30 ↓ -64%
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $185.25 ↓ -62%
United GlobalBenefit $217.75 ↓ -55%
Cigna Connect-SBP $220.78 ↓ -54%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -49%
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -49%
Aetna Cofinity $255.49 ↓ -47%
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $309.69 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $309.69 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $309.69 ↓ -36%
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $309.69 ↓ -36%
Western Plains Community Health COMM $314.53 ↓ -35%
Cigna SureFit $317.72 ↓ -34%
NorthCare COMM $338.72 ↓ -30%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $338.72 ↓ -30%
Physician Health Partners MCR $338.72 ↓ -30%
Cigna Connect-NSBP $343.56 ↓ -29%
Life Source Services COMM $350.00 ↓ -28%
Anthem PAR $358.08 ↓ -26%
Medical Development International COMM $387.11 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $411.31 ↓ -15%
Cigna Broad $430.80 ↓ -11%
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $435.50 ↓ -10%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $435.50 ↓ -10%
Aetna ASA not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital
Aetna NBR not published by hospital

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Middle cerebral artery echo at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $163.14 $75.81 – $328.00
AdventHealth Porter Denver $1,249.57 $100.76 – $204.02
CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE DENVER $1,303.00 $82.79 – $245.18
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver $1,456.50 $82.79 – $317.72
HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE Lone Tree $1,784.75 $82.79 – $268.17
HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE PARKER $1,784.75 $82.79 – $637.42
HCA HealthONE BELMAR ER, A PART OF SWEDISH LAKEWOOD $528.45 $82.79 – $273.56
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $1,249.57 $100.76 – $204.02

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