Myelography l-s spine at HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's
2001 N High Street, Denver, CO · HCA HealthONE · · NPI 1720038946
$3,371.50
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.
$3,371.50
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.
$99.07 with Anthem vs $3,097.56 with Cigna — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anthem | PathwayEssentials | $99.07 | ↓ -97% |
| Anthem | PathwayNSBP | $126.39 | ↓ -96% |
| Anthem | HMO | $202.22 | ↓ -94% |
| Anthem | PPO | $202.22 | ↓ -94% |
| Vail Health | COMM | $512.47 | ↓ -85% |
| Kaiser | KPIF | $674.30 | ↓ -80% |
| Kaiser | KPSelect | $674.30 | ↓ -80% |
| Kaiser | CommercialSmallGroupPlans | $674.30 | ↓ -80% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $697.90 | ↓ -79% |
| Kaiser | HMO | $795.67 | ↓ -76% |
| Kaiser | PPO | $876.59 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna Transplant | COMM | $977.74 | ↓ -71% |
| Bright Health | OON | $1,011.45 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | MCRADVHMO | $1,011.45 | ↓ -70% |
| United | ColoradoDoctorsPlan | $1,215.81 | ↓ -64% |
| Pinnacol Workers Comp | WORKERSCOMP | $1,232.06 | ↓ -63% |
| Multiplan | WorkersComp | $1,283.93 | ↓ -62% |
| Multiplan | BeechStreetWorkersComp | $1,283.93 | ↓ -62% |
| United | GlobalBenefit | $1,517.17 | ↓ -55% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $1,609.16 | ↓ -52% |
| Rocky Mountain Health Plan | AllPayerAppendix | $1,609.16 | ↓ -52% |
| Kaiser National Transplant | COMM | $1,618.32 | ↓ -52% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $1,618.32 | ↓ -52% |
| Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs | HCP | $1,719.46 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | Cofinity | $1,780.15 | ↓ -47% |
| Cigna | BroadLeanBenefitPlans | $2,157.76 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans | $2,157.76 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | SureFitLeanBenefitPlans | $2,157.76 | ↓ -36% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | COMM | $2,157.76 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans | $2,157.76 | ↓ -36% |
| Western Plains Community Health | COMM | $2,191.47 | ↓ -35% |
| Cigna | SureFit | $2,201.88 | ↓ -35% |
| NorthCare | COMM | $2,360.05 | ↓ -30% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK | $2,360.05 | ↓ -30% |
| Physician Health Partners | MCR | $2,360.05 | ↓ -30% |
| Cigna | Connect-NSBP | $2,381.02 | ↓ -29% |
| Anthem | PAR | $2,494.91 | ↓ -26% |
| Medical Development International | COMM | $2,697.20 | ↓ -20% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK | $2,865.78 | ↓ -15% |
| Cigna | Broad | $2,985.60 | ↓ -11% |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $3,034.35 | ↓ -10% |
| Multiplan | BeechStreetCOMMPPO | $3,034.35 | ↓ -10% |
| Cigna | Connect-SBP | $3,097.56 | ↓ -8% |
| Aetna | NBR | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | ASA | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | ExistingBusiness | not published by hospital | — |
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Myelography l-s spine at other Colorado hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| AdventHealth Porter | Denver | $3,137.10 | $125.97 – $1,529.85 |
| CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE | DENVER | $5,085.00 | $99.07 – $1,609.16 |
| HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION | Denver | $3,158.21 | $1,215.81 – $1,609.16 |
| Banner Fort Collins Medical Center | Fort Collins | $756.49 | $106.00 – $1,905.58 |
| Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus | Loveland | $511.10 | $112.00 – $1,907.98 |
| Sterling Regional Medical Center | Sterling | $989.55 | $613.52 – $2,133.03 |
| East Morgan County Hospital | Brush | $1,460.14 | $77.96 – $179.45 |
| HCA HealthONE MOUNTAIN RIDGE | Thornton | $9,003.84 | $99.07 – $1,609.16 |