Mid and Lower Back (Thoracolumbar Spine) X-ray 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

$1,508.00

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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$1,508.00

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.

$25.14 with Anthem vs $3,007.13 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 $25.14 ↓ -98%
Anthem PathwaySBP $29.23 ↓ -98%
Anthem PPO $50.69 ↓ -97%
Anthem HMO $50.69 ↓ -97%
Freedom Health MGMCR $129.69 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $129.69 ↓ -91%
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $137.53 ↓ -91%
United AllPayerAppendix $137.53 ↓ -91%
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $139.83 ↓ -91%
Multiplan WorkersComp $145.72 ↓ -90%
Multiplan BeechStreetWorkersComp $145.72 ↓ -90%
AvMed HIX $180.96 ↓ -88%
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $182.03 ↓ -88%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $196.04 ↓ -87%
Cigna Connect-SBP $217.97 ↓ -86%
Freedom Health MGMCD $241.28 ↓ -84%
Cigna SureFit $258.24 ↓ -83%
Cigna Connect-NSBP $279.25 ↓ -81%
Molina MCR $286.52 ↓ -81%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $321.20 ↓ -79%
Cigna Broad $350.16 ↓ -77%
AvMed Focus $377.00 ↓ -75%
AvMed Select $377.00 ↓ -75%
AvMed FullyInsured $377.00 ↓ -75%
AvMed Empower $377.00 ↓ -75%
AvMed Engage $377.00 ↓ -75%
AvMed Flex $377.00 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $384.54 ↓ -75%
Molina HIX $407.16 ↓ -73%
AvMed ASOEO $452.40 ↓ -70%
Aetna ASA $452.40 ↓ -70%
Vail Health COMM $507.87 ↓ -66%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $521.24 ↓ -65%
Office of Sheiff Highland Co GVT $527.80 ↓ -65%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $532.21 ↓ -65%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $532.21 ↓ -65%
United PPO OptionsPPO $645.42 ↓ -57%
AmeriHealth Caritas HIX $663.52 ↓ -56%
Kaiser CommercialSmallGroupPlans $668.25 ↓ -56%
Kaiser KPIF $668.25 ↓ -56%
Kaiser KPSelect $668.25 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $678.60 ↓ -55%
United OptionsPPO $691.64 ↓ -54%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $754.00 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $754.00 ↓ -50%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $754.00 ↓ -50%
Bright Health OON $1,002.38 ↓ -34%
WPPA UnifiedHealthPlan $1,002.38 ↓ -34%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $1,131.00 ↓ -25%
Kaiser PPO $1,186.14 ↓ -21%
Kaiser HMO $1,186.14 ↓ -21%
Evernorth BH COMM $1,206.40 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $1,281.80 ↓ -15%
United GlobalBenefit $1,503.56 ↓ -0%
Aetna Cofinity $1,747.47 ↑ +16%
WPPA OutofServiceArea $2,004.75 ↑ +33%
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $2,138.40 ↑ +42%
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $2,138.40 ↑ +42%
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $2,138.40 ↑ +42%
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $2,138.40 ↑ +42%
Western Plains Community Health COMM $2,171.81 ↑ +44%
NorthCare COMM $2,338.88 ↑ +55%
Physician Health Partners MCR $2,338.88 ↑ +55%
Anthem PAR $2,472.53 ↑ +64%
Medical Development International COMM $2,673.00 ↑ +77%
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $3,007.13 ↑ +99%

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Mid and Lower Back (Thoracolumbar Spine) X-ray at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
AdventHealth Parker Parker $1,441.33 $45.38 – $169.83
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $103.68 $81.59 – $212.38
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $70.05 $51.14 – $212.64
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $117.90 $73.10 – $254.14
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $173.97 $9.69 – $22.31
AdventHealth Porter Denver $1,441.33 $45.38 – $169.83
HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION Denver $627.67 $137.53 – $182.03
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $1,441.33 $45.38 – $169.83

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