X-ray cervical spine 2-3 views 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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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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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.

$25.66 with Anthem vs $2,866.27 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

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 $25.66
Anthem PathwayNSBP $32.74
Anthem HMO $52.38
Anthem PPO $52.38
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $137.53
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $139.83
Multiplan WorkersComp $145.72
Multiplan BeechStreetWorkersComp $145.72
Cigna Connect-SBP $179.46
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Cigna SureFit $258.24
Cigna Connect-NSBP $279.25
Life Source Services COMM $350.00
Cigna Broad $350.16
Vail Health COMM $484.08
Kaiser HMO $601.92
United OptionsPPO $659.24
Bright Health OON $955.42
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $1,082.81
Kaiser PPO $1,130.58
United GlobalBenefit $1,433.13
Aetna Cofinity $1,681.54
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $2,038.23
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $2,038.23
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $2,038.23
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $2,038.23
Western Plains Community Health COMM $2,070.08
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $2,229.32
NorthCare COMM $2,229.32
Physician Health Partners MCR $2,229.32
Anthem PAR $2,356.71
Medical Development International COMM $2,547.79
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $2,707.03
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $2,866.27
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $2,866.27
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Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital
Aetna NBR not published by hospital

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X-ray cervical spine 2-3 views at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $79.71 $62.73 – $212.38
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $53.86 $39.32 – $212.64
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $211.50 $88.49 – $455.90
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $312.08 $10.11 – $23.28
AdventHealth Porter Denver $1,266.44 $53.39 – $169.83
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver $1,344.25 $25.66 – $258.24
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $1,266.44 $53.39 – $169.83
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $1,266.44 $53.39 – $171.72

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