Brain MRA (blood vessel MRI, with and without contrast) at HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE

12223 PINE BLUFFS WAY, PARKER, CO · HCA HealthONE · · NPI 1568409647

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$18,147.80

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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$18,147.80

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.

$167.40 with Anthem vs $16,333.02 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 PathwayEssentials $167.40 ↓ -99%
Anthem PathwayNSBP $213.56 ↓ -99%
Anthem HMO $341.69 ↓ -98%
Anthem PPO $341.69 ↓ -98%
Optimum MGMCR $521.59 ↓ -97%
Freedom Health MGMCR $521.59 ↓ -97%
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $591.76 ↓ -97%
Multiplan BeechStreetWorkersComp $616.68 ↓ -97%
Multiplan WorkersComp $616.68 ↓ -97%
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $625.80 ↓ -97%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $788.45 ↓ -96%
United AllPayerAppendix $828.27 ↓ -95%
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $828.27 ↓ -95%
AvMed HIX $1,088.00 ↓ -94%
Molina MCR $1,152.35 ↓ -94%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $1,291.85 ↓ -93%
Aetna QHP $1,499.00 ↓ -92%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $1,546.58 ↓ -91%
Aetna NBR $1,552.00 ↓ -91%
Molina HIX $1,637.55 ↓ -91%
Aetna ASA $1,819.50 ↓ -90%
Aetna HMO $1,831.00 ↓ -90%
Aetna ExistingBusiness $1,893.00 ↓ -90%
Aetna PPO $2,012.00 ↓ -89%
Office of Sheiff Highland Co GVT $2,122.75 ↓ -88%
United PPO OptionsPPO $2,668.60 ↓ -85%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $2,729.25 ↓ -85%
Vail Health COMM $2,758.47 ↓ -85%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $3,032.50 ↓ -83%
Plotkin Health COMM $3,032.50 ↓ -83%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $3,032.50 ↓ -83%
AvMed Engage $3,533.00 ↓ -81%
AvMed FullyInsured $3,533.00 ↓ -81%
AvMed Focus $3,533.00 ↓ -81%
AvMed Flex $3,533.00 ↓ -81%
AvMed Empower $3,533.00 ↓ -81%
AvMed Select $3,533.00 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $3,756.59 ↓ -79%
AvMed ASOEO $3,879.00 ↓ -79%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $4,548.75 ↓ -75%
Evernorth BH COMM $4,852.00 ↓ -73%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $5,155.25 ↓ -72%
Bright Health OON $5,444.34 ↓ -70%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $7,051.14 ↓ -61%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $7,199.58 ↓ -60%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $7,199.58 ↓ -60%
United GlobalBenefit $8,166.51 ↓ -55%
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $11,614.59 ↓ -36%
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $11,614.59 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $11,614.59 ↓ -36%
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $11,614.59 ↓ -36%
Western Plains Community Health COMM $11,796.07 ↓ -35%
Physician Health Partners MCR $12,703.46 ↓ -30%
NorthCare COMM $12,703.46 ↓ -30%
Anthem PAR $13,429.37 ↓ -26%
Medical Development International COMM $14,518.24 ↓ -20%
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $16,333.02 ↓ -10%
Aetna Cofinity not published by hospital

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Brain MRA (blood vessel MRI, with and without contrast) at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
AdventHealth Parker Parker $8,116.63 $360.66 – $680.84
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $498.52 $348.14 – $1,650.15
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $561.05 $348.58 – $1,650.15
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $581.76 $358.91 – $3,083.63
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $2,190.33 $64.47 – $148.41
AdventHealth Porter Denver $8,116.63 $360.66 – $680.84
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver $21,902.75 $167.40 – $828.27
HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE Lone Tree $18,147.80 $167.40 – $828.27

All Colorado hospitals for this procedure →