Head CT scan (with and without contrast) at CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE

4930 WABASH ST, DENVER, CO · HCA HealthONE · · NPI 1023062098

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.

$144.29 with Anthem vs $13,704.30 with Prime Health — 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 $144.29
Anthem PathwayNSBP $184.08
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $282.72
Anthem HMO $294.52
Anthem PPO $294.52
Multiplan WorkersComp $294.62
Multiplan BeechStreetWorkersComp $294.62
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $303.54
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $401.74
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74
Aetna NBR $1,164.00
Aetna ExistingBusiness $1,419.00
Aetna ASA $1,763.00
Vail Health COMM $2,314.50
United OptionsPPO $3,151.99
Bright Health OON $4,568.10
United GlobalBenefit $6,852.15
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $6,852.15
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $9,745.28
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $9,745.28
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $9,745.28
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $9,745.28
Western Plains Community Health COMM $9,897.55
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $10,658.90
NorthCare COMM $10,658.90
Physician Health Partners MCR $10,658.90
Anthem PAR $11,267.98
Medical Development International COMM $12,181.60
Rocky Mtn Planned Parenthood COMM $12,942.95
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $12,942.95
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $13,704.30
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $13,704.30
Aetna Cofinity not published by hospital

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Head CT scan (with and without contrast) at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
AdventHealth Porter Denver $6,941.56 $181.33 – $342.30
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver $8,888.00 $144.29 – $401.74
HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION Denver not published $282.72 – $401.74
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $564.13 $173.54 – $1,604.55
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $547.24 $88.40 – $1,604.55
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $607.23 $178.91 – $2,181.53
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $1,277.43 $54.78 – $126.10
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $6,941.56 $181.33 – $342.30

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