MRI chest without contrast 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.

$164.24 with Anthem vs $10,039.75 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
Anthem PathwayEssentials $164.24
Anthem PathwayNSBP $209.53
Anthem HMO $335.25
Anthem PPO $335.25
Life Source Services COMM $350.00
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $377.05
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $391.22
Multiplan WorkersComp $392.93
Multiplan BeechStreetWorkersComp $392.93
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $517.79
United AllPayerAppendix $517.79
Aetna NBR $1,552.00
Vail Health COMM $1,695.60
Aetna ExistingBusiness $1,893.00
Kaiser HMO $2,108.35
United OptionsPPO $2,309.14
Aetna ASA $2,352.00
Bright Health OON $3,346.58
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $3,792.80
United GlobalBenefit $5,019.88
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $7,139.38
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $7,139.38
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $7,139.38
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $7,139.38
Western Plains Community Health COMM $7,250.93
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $7,808.70
NorthCare COMM $7,808.70
Physician Health Partners MCR $7,808.70
Anthem PAR $8,254.91
Medical Development International COMM $8,924.22
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $9,481.99
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $10,039.75
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $10,039.75
Aetna Cofinity not published by hospital

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MRI chest without contrast at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $782.46 $235.63 – $1,966.50
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $799.02 $235.93 – $1,966.50
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $1,330.45 $242.92 – $2,799.42
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $2,112.55 $63.63 – $146.47
AdventHealth Porter Denver $4,763.87 $246.66 – $465.64
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver $13,494.25 $164.24 – $517.79
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $4,763.87 $246.66 – $465.64
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $4,763.87 $249.40 – $470.81

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