Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) X-ray (with bending views) 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 Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 2026

$4,476.00

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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$4,476.00

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.

$35.89 with Anthem vs $7,665.57 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 $35.89 ↓ -99%
Anthem PathwaySBP $41.73 ↓ -99%
Anthem PPO $72.37 ↓ -98%
Anthem HMO $72.37 ↓ -98%
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $169.18 ↓ -96%
Multiplan BeechStreetWorkersComp $176.30 ↓ -96%
Multiplan WorkersComp $176.30 ↓ -96%
United AllPayerAppendix $185.25 ↓ -96%
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $185.25 ↓ -96%
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -95%
Cigna Connect-SBP $268.17 ↓ -94%
Cigna SureFit $317.72 ↓ -93%
Cigna Connect-NSBP $343.56 ↓ -92%
Freedom Health MGMCR $384.94 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $384.94 ↓ -91%
Cigna Broad $430.80 ↓ -90%
AvMed HIX $537.12 ↓ -88%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $581.88 ↓ -87%
Freedom Health MGMCD $716.16 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $850.44 ↓ -81%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $953.39 ↓ -79%
AvMed Empower $1,119.00 ↓ -75%
AvMed Select $1,119.00 ↓ -75%
AvMed FullyInsured $1,119.00 ↓ -75%
AvMed Engage $1,119.00 ↓ -75%
AvMed Focus $1,119.00 ↓ -75%
AvMed Flex $1,119.00 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $1,141.38 ↓ -75%
Molina HIX $1,208.52 ↓ -73%
Vail Health COMM $1,294.63 ↓ -71%
AvMed ASOEO $1,342.80 ↓ -70%
Aetna ASA $1,342.80 ↓ -70%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $1,346.60 ↓ -70%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $1,374.95 ↓ -69%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $1,374.95 ↓ -69%
Office of Sheiff Highland Co GVT $1,566.60 ↓ -65%
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $1,703.46 ↓ -62%
Kaiser KPIF $1,703.46 ↓ -62%
Kaiser KPSelect $1,703.46 ↓ -62%
United OptionsPPO $1,763.08 ↓ -61%
United PPO OptionsPPO $1,915.73 ↓ -57%
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $1,969.44 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $2,014.20 ↓ -55%
Plotkin Health COMM $2,238.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $2,238.00 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $2,238.00 ↓ -50%
WPPA UnifiedHealthPlan $2,555.19 ↓ -43%
Bright Health OON $2,555.19 ↓ -43%
Kaiser HMO $3,023.64 ↓ -32%
Kaiser PPO $3,023.64 ↓ -32%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $3,357.00 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BH COMM $3,580.80 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $3,804.60 ↓ -15%
United GlobalBenefit $3,832.78 ↓ -14%
Aetna Cofinity $4,454.55 ↓ -0%
WPPA OutofServiceArea $5,110.38 ↑ +14%
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $5,451.07 ↑ +22%
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $5,451.07 ↑ +22%
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $5,451.07 ↑ +22%
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $5,451.07 ↑ +22%
Western Plains Community Health COMM $5,536.24 ↑ +24%
NorthCare COMM $5,962.11 ↑ +33%
Physician Health Partners MCR $5,962.11 ↑ +33%
Anthem PAR $6,302.80 ↑ +41%
Medical Development International COMM $6,813.84 ↑ +52%
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $7,665.57 ↑ +71%

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Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) X-ray (with bending views) at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
AdventHealth Parker Parker $3,135.96 $85.98 – $204.02
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $124.52 $97.99 – $256.49
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $84.13 $61.42 – $256.80
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $383.40 $106.87 – $826.44
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $565.73 $13.48 – $31.04
AdventHealth Porter Denver $3,135.96 $85.98 – $204.02
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $3,135.96 $85.98 – $204.02
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $3,135.96 $85.98 – $206.29

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