Brain MRI (with contrast) at HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's
2001 N High Street, Denver, CO · HCA HealthONE · · NPI 1720038946
$18,119.75
Cash price 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.
$18,119.75
Gross charge 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.
$202.18 with Anthem vs $16,307.77 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Anthem | PathwayEssentials | $202.18 | ↓ -99% |
| Anthem | PathwayNSBP | $257.92 | ↓ -99% |
| Anthem | PPO | $412.67 | ↓ -98% |
| Anthem | HMO | $412.67 | ↓ -98% |
| Pinnacol Workers Comp | WORKERSCOMP | $591.76 | ↓ -97% |
| Multiplan | WorkersComp | $616.68 | ↓ -97% |
| Multiplan | BeechStreetWorkersComp | $616.68 | ↓ -97% |
| United | ColoradoDoctorsPlan | $625.80 | ↓ -97% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $828.27 | ↓ -95% |
| Rocky Mountain Health Plan | AllPayerAppendix | $828.27 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | NBR | $1,552.00 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | ExistingBusiness | $1,893.00 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | ASA | $2,352.00 | ↓ -87% |
| Vail Health | COMM | $2,754.20 | ↓ -85% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $3,750.79 | ↓ -79% |
| Cigna Transplant | COMM | $5,254.73 | ↓ -71% |
| Bright Health | OON | $5,435.93 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | MCRADVHMO | $5,435.93 | ↓ -70% |
| United | GlobalBenefit | $8,153.89 | ↓ -55% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $8,697.48 | ↓ -52% |
| Kaiser National Transplant | COMM | $8,697.48 | ↓ -52% |
| Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs | HCP | $9,241.07 | ↓ -49% |
| Cigna | SureFitLeanBenefitPlans | $11,596.64 | ↓ -36% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | COMM | $11,596.64 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | BroadLeanBenefitPlans | $11,596.64 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans | $11,596.64 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans | $11,596.64 | ↓ -36% |
| Western Plains Community Health | COMM | $11,777.84 | ↓ -35% |
| NorthCare | COMM | $12,683.83 | ↓ -30% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK | $12,683.83 | ↓ -30% |
| Physician Health Partners | MCR | $12,683.83 | ↓ -30% |
| Anthem | PAR | $13,408.61 | ↓ -26% |
| Medical Development International | COMM | $14,495.80 | ↓ -20% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK | $15,401.79 | ↓ -15% |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $16,307.77 | ↓ -10% |
| Multiplan | BeechStreetCOMMPPO | $16,307.77 | ↓ -10% |
| Aetna | Cofinity | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Brain MRI (with contrast) at other Colorado hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| AdventHealth Porter | Denver | $6,664.90 | $352.08 – $680.84 |
| HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION | Denver | $5,910.69 | $591.76 – $828.27 |
| CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE | DENVER | not published | $202.18 – $828.27 |
| Banner Fort Collins Medical Center | Fort Collins | $591.17 | $348.14 – $1,811.65 |
| Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus | Loveland | $547.31 | $348.58 – $1,811.65 |
| Sterling Regional Medical Center | Sterling | $797.98 | $358.91 – $2,276.59 |
| East Morgan County Hospital | Brush | $1,551.37 | $77.12 – $177.51 |
| HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE | Lone Tree | $22,018.15 | $202.18 – $828.27 |