Warde 3400652 smear complex special stain ova/parasites 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

$218.26

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.

$218.26

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.

$8.53 with Cigna vs $350.00 with Life Source Services — 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 $8.53 ↓ -96%
Cigna SureFit $11.46 ↓ -95%
Cigna Connect-NSBP $12.63 ↓ -94%
Cigna Broad $15.78 ↓ -93%
Humana MCR $17.80 ↓ -92%
United MCR $17.89 ↓ -92%
Rocky Mountain Health MGMCR $17.98 ↓ -92%
Devoted Health MCRAdvantage $17.98 ↓ -92%
Mutual of Omaha MCR $17.98 ↓ -92%
Cigna HealthSpring Medicare $17.98 ↓ -92%
Aetna MCRADVHMO $17.98 ↓ -92%
Aetna MCRADVPPO $17.98 ↓ -92%
Bright Health PFFS $17.98 ↓ -92%
Bright Health MCRPPO $17.98 ↓ -92%
Bright Health MCRPOS $17.98 ↓ -92%
United AllPayerAppendix $17.98 ↓ -92%
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $17.98 ↓ -92%
Bright Health MCRHMO $17.98 ↓ -92%
Bright Health DualEligible $17.98 ↓ -92%
Anthem BCBS MCR $17.98 ↓ -92%
Bright Health MCRSNP $17.98 ↓ -92%
TriWest Health Alliance FED $17.98 ↓ -92%
Total LongTerm Care MCR $17.98 ↓ -92%
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $17.98 ↓ -92%
InnovAge Pace MCR $18.34 ↓ -92%
Kaiser MGMCR $18.34 ↓ -92%
WellCare MCR $18.52 ↓ -92%
Delaware Life Insurance MGMCR $18.88 ↓ -91%
Vail Health COMM $33.18 ↓ -85%
Kaiser HMO $41.25 ↓ -81%
Anthem PathwayEssentials $43.69 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $45.18 ↓ -79%
Anthem PathwayNSBP $55.74 ↓ -74%
Bright Health OON $65.48 ↓ -70%
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $74.21 ↓ -66%
Kaiser PPO $77.48 ↓ -65%
Anthem HMO $85.41 ↓ -61%
Anthem PPO $85.41 ↓ -61%
United GlobalBenefit $98.22 ↓ -55%
Aetna Cofinity $115.24 ↓ -47%
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $139.69 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $139.69 ↓ -36%
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $139.69 ↓ -36%
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $139.69 ↓ -36%
Western Plains Community Health COMM $141.87 ↓ -35%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $152.78 ↓ -30%
NorthCare COMM $152.78 ↓ -30%
Physician Health Partners MCR $152.78 ↓ -30%
Anthem PAR $161.51 ↓ -26%
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $163.69 ↓ -25%
Medical Development International COMM $174.61 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $185.52 ↓ -15%
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $196.43 ↓ -10%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $196.43 ↓ -10%
Life Source Services COMM $350.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna NBR not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital
Aetna ASA not published by hospital

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