Brain MRI (with and without contrast) at HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION

1719 East 19th Avenue, Denver, CO · HCA HealthONE · · NPI 1841244639

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.

$591.76 with Pinnacol Workers Comp vs $7,904.19 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
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $591.76
Multiplan BeechStreetWorkersComp $616.68
Multiplan WorkersComp $616.68
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $625.80
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $828.27
United AllPayerAppendix $828.27
Vail Health COMM $1,334.93
United OptionsPPO $1,817.96
Anthem PathwayEssentials $1,852.21
Cigna SureFit $2,362.47
Anthem PathwayNSBP $2,393.21
Cigna Connect-SBP $2,467.86
Cigna Connect-NSBP $2,555.69
Aetna MCRADVPPO $2,634.73
Aetna MCRADVHMO $2,634.73
Anthem HMO $2,889.42
Anthem PPO $2,889.42
Kaiser KPSelect $2,924.55
Kaiser KPIF $2,924.55
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $2,924.55
Aetna NBR $3,653.49
Cigna Broad $3,881.83
United GlobalBenefit $3,952.09
Aetna Cofinity $4,373.65
Aetna ExistingBusiness $4,452.69
Kaiser HMO $4,751.29
Kaiser PPO $5,234.33
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $5,620.76
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $5,620.76
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $5,620.76
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $5,620.76
Western Plains Community Health COMM $5,708.58
Anthem PAR $5,972.05
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $6,147.70
TriWest Health Alliance FED $7,025.94
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $7,465.07
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $7,904.19
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $7,904.19

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Brain MRI (with and without contrast) at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
AdventHealth Porter Denver $8,803.52 $360.66 – $680.84
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver $21,903.75 $259.62 – $828.27
CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE DENVER not published $259.62 – $828.27
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $709.28 $348.14 – $2,173.60
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $656.66 $348.58 – $2,173.60
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $957.44 $358.91 – $2,731.52
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $1,861.38 $99.03 – $227.95
HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE Lone Tree $24,440.90 $259.62 – $828.27

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