Nitroblue tetrazolium dye 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

$677.95

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.

$677.95

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.

$6.46 with Cigna vs $610.16 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
Cigna Connect-SBP $6.46 ↓ -99%
Cigna SureFit $8.67 ↓ -99%
Cigna Connect-NSBP $9.56 ↓ -99%
Cigna Broad $11.95 ↓ -98%
Humana MCR $13.47 ↓ -98%
United MCR $13.54 ↓ -98%
Rocky Mountain Health MGMCR $13.61 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MCRAdvantage $13.61 ↓ -98%
Mutual of Omaha MCR $13.61 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring Medicare $13.61 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCRADVHMO $13.61 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCRADVPPO $13.61 ↓ -98%
Bright Health PFFS $13.61 ↓ -98%
Bright Health MCRPPO $13.61 ↓ -98%
Bright Health MCRPOS $13.61 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $13.61 ↓ -98%
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $13.61 ↓ -98%
Bright Health MCRHMO $13.61 ↓ -98%
Bright Health DualEligible $13.61 ↓ -98%
Anthem BCBS MCR $13.61 ↓ -98%
Bright Health MCRSNP $13.61 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance FED $13.61 ↓ -98%
Total LongTerm Care MCR $13.61 ↓ -98%
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $13.61 ↓ -98%
InnovAge Pace MCR $13.88 ↓ -98%
Kaiser MGMCR $13.88 ↓ -98%
WellCare MCR $14.02 ↓ -98%
Delaware Life Insurance MGMCR $14.29 ↓ -98%
Anthem PathwayEssentials $33.07 ↓ -95%
Anthem PathwayNSBP $42.19 ↓ -94%
Anthem HMO $64.65 ↓ -90%
Anthem PPO $64.65 ↓ -90%
Vail Health COMM $103.05 ↓ -85%
Kaiser HMO $128.13 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $140.34 ↓ -79%
Bright Health OON $203.38 ↓ -70%
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $230.50 ↓ -66%
Kaiser PPO $240.67 ↓ -65%
United GlobalBenefit $305.08 ↓ -55%
Life Source Services COMM $350.00 ↓ -48%
Aetna Cofinity $357.96 ↓ -47%
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $433.89 ↓ -36%
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $433.89 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $433.89 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $433.89 ↓ -36%
Western Plains Community Health COMM $440.67 ↓ -35%
NorthCare COMM $474.56 ↓ -30%
Physician Health Partners MCR $474.56 ↓ -30%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $474.56 ↓ -30%
Anthem PAR $501.68 ↓ -26%
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $508.46 ↓ -25%
Medical Development International COMM $542.36 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $576.26 ↓ -15%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $610.16 ↓ -10%
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $610.16 ↓ -10%
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital
Aetna ASA not published by hospital
Aetna NBR not published by hospital

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