Brain MRI (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

$19,540.95

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.

$19,540.95

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 $17,586.85 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%
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $377.05 ↓ -98%
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $391.22 ↓ -98%
Multiplan BeechStreetWorkersComp $392.93 ↓ -98%
Multiplan WorkersComp $392.93 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $517.79 ↓ -97%
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $517.79 ↓ -97%
Optimum MGMCR $855.27 ↓ -96%
Freedom Health MGMCR $855.27 ↓ -96%
AvMed HIX $1,088.00 ↓ -94%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $1,292.85 ↓ -93%
Aetna QHP $1,499.00 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBR $1,552.00 ↓ -92%
Aetna HMO $1,831.00 ↓ -91%
Molina MCR $1,889.55 ↓ -90%
Aetna ExistingBusiness $1,893.00 ↓ -90%
Aetna PPO $2,012.00 ↓ -90%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $2,118.28 ↓ -89%
Aetna ASA $2,352.00 ↓ -88%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $2,535.97 ↓ -87%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $2,553.13 ↓ -87%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $2,606.88 ↓ -87%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $2,606.88 ↓ -87%
Molina HIX $2,685.15 ↓ -86%
Vail Health COMM $2,970.22 ↓ -85%
Office of Sheiff Highland Co GVT $3,480.75 ↓ -82%
AvMed Flex $3,533.00 ↓ -82%
AvMed Engage $3,533.00 ↓ -82%
AvMed FullyInsured $3,533.00 ↓ -82%
AvMed Focus $3,533.00 ↓ -82%
AvMed Select $3,533.00 ↓ -82%
AvMed Empower $3,533.00 ↓ -82%
AvMed ASOEO $3,879.00 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $4,044.98 ↓ -79%
United PPO OptionsPPO $4,375.80 ↓ -78%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $4,475.25 ↓ -77%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $4,972.50 ↓ -75%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $4,972.50 ↓ -75%
Plotkin Health COMM $4,972.50 ↓ -75%
Bright Health OON $5,862.28 ↓ -70%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $7,458.75 ↓ -62%
Evernorth BH COMM $7,956.00 ↓ -59%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $8,453.25 ↓ -57%
United GlobalBenefit $8,793.43 ↓ -55%
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $12,506.21 ↓ -36%
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $12,506.21 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $12,506.21 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $12,506.21 ↓ -36%
Western Plains Community Health COMM $12,701.62 ↓ -35%
NorthCare COMM $13,678.67 ↓ -30%
Physician Health Partners MCR $13,678.67 ↓ -30%
Anthem PAR $14,460.30 ↓ -26%
Medical Development International COMM $15,632.76 ↓ -20%
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $17,586.85 ↓ -10%
Aetna Cofinity not published by hospital

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Brain MRI (without contrast) at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
AdventHealth Parker Parker $6,456.42 $239.64 – $465.64
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $472.75 $235.63 – $1,448.75
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $437.67 $235.93 – $1,448.75
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $638.18 $242.92 – $1,820.69
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $1,240.70 $64.47 – $148.41
AdventHealth Porter Denver $6,456.42 $239.64 – $465.64
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver $13,494.25 $167.40 – $517.79
HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE Lone Tree $19,540.95 $167.40 – $517.79

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