Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) X-ray 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.

$107.63 with Vail Health vs $637.28 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
Vail Health COMM $107.63
United OptionsPPO $146.57
Anthem PathwayEssentials $149.34
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $169.18
Multiplan BeechStreetWorkersComp $176.30
Multiplan WorkersComp $176.30
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $185.25
Cigna SureFit $190.48
Anthem PathwayNSBP $192.95
Cigna Connect-SBP $198.97
Cigna Connect-NSBP $206.05
Aetna MCRADVHMO $212.43
Aetna MCRADVPPO $212.43
Anthem PPO $232.96
Anthem HMO $232.96
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $235.79
Kaiser KPSelect $235.79
Kaiser KPIF $235.79
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $245.18
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Kaiser Commercial $293.15
Aetna NBR $294.57
Cigna Broad $312.98
United GlobalBenefit $318.64
Aetna Cofinity $352.63
Aetna ExistingBusiness $359.00
Kaiser HMO $383.08
Kaiser PPO $422.02
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $453.18
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $453.18
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $453.18
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $453.18
Western Plains Community Health COMM $460.26
Anthem PAR $481.50
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $495.66
TriWest Health Alliance FED $566.47
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $601.88
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $637.28
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $637.28

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Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) X-ray at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
AdventHealth Porter Denver $1,669.25 $53.39 – $204.02
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver $1,052.00 $26.51 – $317.72
CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE DENVER not published $26.51 – $245.18
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $83.88 $66.01 – $256.49
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $56.67 $41.38 – $256.80
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $168.75 $104.62 – $363.75
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $249.00 $10.11 – $23.28
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $1,669.25 $53.39 – $204.02

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