Myelography l-s spine 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

$9,003.84

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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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$9,003.84

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.

$99.07 with Anthem vs $8,103.46 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 $99.07 ↓ -99%
Anthem PathwayNSBP $126.39 ↓ -99%
Anthem HMO $202.22 ↓ -98%
Anthem PPO $202.22 ↓ -98%
Life Source Services COMM $350.00 ↓ -96%
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $1,215.81 ↓ -86%
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $1,232.06 ↓ -86%
Multiplan BeechStreetWorkersComp $1,283.93 ↓ -86%
Multiplan WorkersComp $1,283.93 ↓ -86%
Vail Health COMM $1,368.58 ↓ -85%
Cigna Connect-SBP $1,530.12 ↓ -83%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,609.16 ↓ -82%
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $1,609.16 ↓ -82%
Kaiser HMO $1,701.73 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $1,863.79 ↓ -79%
Cigna SureFit $2,201.88 ↓ -76%
Cigna Connect-NSBP $2,381.02 ↓ -74%
Bright Health OON $2,701.15 ↓ -70%
Cigna Broad $2,985.60 ↓ -67%
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $3,061.31 ↓ -66%
Kaiser PPO $3,196.36 ↓ -65%
United GlobalBenefit $4,051.73 ↓ -55%
Aetna Cofinity $4,754.03 ↓ -47%
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $5,762.46 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $5,762.46 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $5,762.46 ↓ -36%
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $5,762.46 ↓ -36%
Western Plains Community Health COMM $5,852.50 ↓ -35%
Physician Health Partners MCR $6,302.69 ↓ -30%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $6,302.69 ↓ -30%
NorthCare COMM $6,302.69 ↓ -30%
Anthem PAR $6,662.84 ↓ -26%
Medical Development International COMM $7,203.07 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $7,653.26 ↓ -15%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $8,103.46 ↓ -10%
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $8,103.46 ↓ -10%
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital
Aetna ASA not published by hospital

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