Str markers specimen anal 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.

$110.59 with Cigna vs $1,107.08 with Anthem — 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 $110.59
Cigna SureFit $148.47
Cigna Connect-NSBP $163.62
Cigna Broad $204.53
Humana MCR $230.74
United MCR $231.90
Devoted Health MCRAdvantage $233.07
Bright Health MCRHMO $233.07
Bright Health MCRPOS $233.07
Bright Health MCRPPO $233.07
Bright Health MCRSNP $233.07
Bright Health PFFS $233.07
Cigna HealthSpring Medicare $233.07
Mutual of Omaha MCR $233.07
Rocky Mountain Health MGMCR $233.07
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $233.07
Total LongTerm Care MCR $233.07
TriWest Health Alliance FED $233.07
Aetna MCRADVHMO $233.07
Aetna MCRADVPPO $233.07
United AllPayerAppendix $233.07
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $233.07
Anthem BCBS MCR $233.07
Bright Health DualEligible $233.07
Kaiser MGMCR $237.73
InnovAge Pace MCR $237.73
WellCare MCR $240.06
Delaware Life Insurance MGMCR $244.72
Anthem PathwayEssentials $566.36
Anthem PathwayNSBP $722.52
Anthem HMO $1,107.08
Anthem PPO $1,107.08
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital
Aetna ASA not published by hospital

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