Knee MRI (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.

$155.18 with Anthem vs $11,462.40 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 $155.18
Anthem PathwayNSBP $197.97
Anthem HMO $316.75
Anthem PPO $316.75
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $377.05
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $391.22
Multiplan WorkersComp $392.93
Multiplan BeechStreetWorkersComp $392.93
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $517.79
United AllPayerAppendix $517.79
Aetna NBR $1,552.00
Aetna ExistingBusiness $1,893.00
Vail Health COMM $1,935.87
Aetna ASA $2,352.00
United OptionsPPO $2,636.35
Bright Health OON $3,820.80
United GlobalBenefit $5,731.20
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $5,731.20
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $8,151.04
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $8,151.04
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $8,151.04
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $8,151.04
Western Plains Community Health COMM $8,278.40
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $8,915.20
NorthCare COMM $8,915.20
Physician Health Partners MCR $8,915.20
Anthem PAR $9,424.64
Medical Development International COMM $10,188.80
Rocky Mtn Planned Parenthood COMM $10,825.60
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $10,825.60
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $11,462.40
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $11,462.40
Aetna Cofinity not published by hospital

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Knee MRI (without contrast) at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
AdventHealth Porter Denver $5,395.84 $246.66 – $465.64
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver not published $155.18 – $517.79
HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION Denver not published $377.05 – $517.79
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $403.33 $437.47 – $1,119.00
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $411.86 $274.22 – $1,119.00
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $1,101.79 $666.81 – $2,318.30
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $1,749.48 $58.57 – $134.83
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $5,395.84 $246.66 – $465.64

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