Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) X-ray (4 or more views) at HCA HealthONE BELMAR ER, A PART OF SWEDISH

260 S WADSWORTH BLVD, LAKEWOOD, CO · HCA HealthONE · · NPI 1396790200

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 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.

$30.65 with Anthem vs $3,290.96 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.

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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 PathwayEssentialsStandard $30.65 —
Anthem PathwaySBP $32.46 —
Anthem PPO $63.88 —
Anthem HMO $63.88 —
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $169.18 —
Multiplan BeechStreetWorkersComp $176.30 —
Multiplan WorkersComp $176.30 —
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $185.25 —
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $245.18 —
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 —
Cigna Connect-SBP $273.56 —
Cigna SureFit $317.72 —
Cigna Connect-NSBP $343.56 —
Cigna Broad $430.80 —
Vail Health COMM $555.81 —
Kaiser KPIF $731.32 —
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $731.32 —
Kaiser KPSelect $731.32 —
United OptionsPPO $756.92 —
Kaiser HMO $1,075.05 —
WPPA UnifiedHealthPlan $1,096.99 —
Bright Health OON $1,096.99 —
Kaiser PPO $1,181.09 —
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $1,608.91 —
United GlobalBenefit $1,645.48 —
Aetna Cofinity $1,912.41 —
WPPA OutofServiceArea $2,193.97 —
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $2,340.24 —
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $2,340.24 —
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $2,340.24 —
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $2,340.24 —
Western Plains Community Health COMM $2,376.80 —
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $2,559.63 —
Physician Health Partners MCR $2,559.63 —
NorthCare COMM $2,559.63 —
Anthem PAR $2,705.90 —
Medical Development International COMM $2,925.30 —
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $3,108.13 —
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $3,290.96 —
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $3,290.96 —

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Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) X-ray (4 or more views) at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $108.89 $85.69 – $256.49
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $73.57 $53.71 – $256.80
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $377.55 $106.87 – $813.83
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $557.10 $11.38 – $26.19
AdventHealth Porter Denver $2,613.30 $72.46 – $204.02
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $2,613.30 $72.46 – $204.02
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $2,613.30 $72.46 – $206.29
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $2,613.30 $72.46 – $204.02

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