Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) MRI (without contrast) at HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE
12223 PINE BLUFFS WAY, PARKER, CO · HCA HealthONE · · NPI 1568409647
$19,472.20
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.
$19,472.20
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.
$169.13 with Anthem vs $17,524.98 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anthem | PathwayEssentials | $169.13 | ↓ -99% |
| Anthem | PathwayNSBP | $215.76 | ↓ -99% |
| Anthem | HMO | $345.22 | ↓ -98% |
| Anthem | PPO | $345.22 | ↓ -98% |
| Pinnacol Workers Comp | WORKERSCOMP | $377.05 | ↓ -98% |
| United | ColoradoDoctorsPlan | $391.22 | ↓ -98% |
| Multiplan | BeechStreetWorkersComp | $392.93 | ↓ -98% |
| Multiplan | WorkersComp | $392.93 | ↓ -98% |
| Rocky Mountain Health Plan | AllPayerAppendix | $517.79 | ↓ -97% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $517.79 | ↓ -97% |
| Freedom Health | MGMCR | $606.90 | ↓ -97% |
| Optimum | MGMCR | $606.90 | ↓ -97% |
| Simply Healthcare Plans | MGMCR | $917.41 | ↓ -95% |
| AvMed | HIX | $1,088.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | MCR | $1,340.83 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | QHP | $1,499.00 | ↓ -92% |
| Health Sun Health Plan | MGMCR | $1,503.14 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | NBR | $1,552.00 | ↓ -92% |
| Sunshine State Health Plan | QHP | $1,799.54 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | HMO | $1,831.00 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | ExistingBusiness | $1,893.00 | ↓ -90% |
| Molina | HIX | $1,905.39 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | PPO | $2,012.00 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | ASA | $2,117.10 | ↓ -89% |
| Office of Sheiff Highland Co | GVT | $2,469.95 | ↓ -87% |
| CorVel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $2,596.15 | ↓ -87% |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $2,650.81 | ↓ -86% |
| CareWorks (Rockport) | WORKERSCOMP | $2,650.81 | ↓ -86% |
| Vail Health | COMM | $2,959.77 | ↓ -85% |
| United PPO | OptionsPPO | $3,105.08 | ↓ -84% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix | $3,175.65 | ↓ -84% |
| AvMed | JacksonFirstNetworkOON | $3,528.50 | ↓ -82% |
| Plotkin Health | COMM | $3,528.50 | ↓ -82% |
| Prime Health Sherriff | COMM | $3,528.50 | ↓ -82% |
| AvMed | Focus | $3,533.00 | ↓ -82% |
| AvMed | FullyInsured | $3,533.00 | ↓ -82% |
| AvMed | Select | $3,533.00 | ↓ -82% |
| AvMed | Flex | $3,533.00 | ↓ -82% |
| AvMed | Engage | $3,533.00 | ↓ -82% |
| AvMed | Empower | $3,533.00 | ↓ -82% |
| AvMed | ASOEO | $3,879.00 | ↓ -80% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $4,030.75 | ↓ -79% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK | $5,292.75 | ↓ -73% |
| Evernorth BH | COMM | $5,645.60 | ↓ -71% |
| Bright Health | OON | $5,841.66 | ↓ -70% |
| Multiplan | COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK | $5,998.45 | ↓ -69% |
| United | GlobalBenefit | $8,762.49 | ↓ -55% |
| Cigna | BroadLeanBenefitPlans | $12,462.21 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | SureFitLeanBenefitPlans | $12,462.21 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans | $12,462.21 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans | $12,462.21 | ↓ -36% |
| Western Plains Community Health | COMM | $12,656.93 | ↓ -35% |
| NorthCare | COMM | $13,630.54 | ↓ -30% |
| Physician Health Partners | MCR | $13,630.54 | ↓ -30% |
| Anthem | PAR | $14,409.43 | ↓ -26% |
| Medical Development International | COMM | $15,577.76 | ↓ -20% |
| Multiplan | BeechStreetCOMMPPO | $17,524.98 | ↓ -10% |
| Aetna | Cofinity | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) MRI (without contrast) at other Colorado hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| AdventHealth Parker | Parker | $5,983.94 | $229.18 – $465.64 |
| Banner Fort Collins Medical Center | Fort Collins | $336.10 | $235.63 – $1,013.65 |
| Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus | Loveland | $305.16 | $235.93 – $1,013.65 |
| Sterling Regional Medical Center | Sterling | $454.83 | $242.92 – $1,683.92 |
| East Morgan County Hospital | Brush | $1,057.22 | $64.47 – $148.41 |
| AdventHealth Porter | Denver | $5,983.94 | $229.18 – $465.64 |
| HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's | Denver | $13,494.25 | $169.13 – $517.79 |
| HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE | Lone Tree | $19,472.20 | $169.13 – $517.79 |