Neck (Cervical Spine) CT scan (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

$5,617.00

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.

$5,617.00

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.

$143.42 with Anthem vs $15,534.09 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 $143.42 ↓ -97%
Anthem PathwayNSBP $182.96 ↓ -97%
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $282.72 ↓ -95%
Anthem HMO $292.74 ↓ -95%
Anthem PPO $292.74 ↓ -95%
Multiplan BeechStreetWorkersComp $294.62 ↓ -95%
Multiplan WorkersComp $294.62 ↓ -95%
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $303.54 ↓ -95%
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $401.74 ↓ -93%
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74 ↓ -93%
Freedom Health MGMCR $483.06 ↓ -91%
Optimum MGMCR $483.06 ↓ -91%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $730.21 ↓ -87%
AvMed HIX $890.00 ↓ -84%
Molina MCR $1,067.23 ↓ -81%
Aetna QHP $1,087.00 ↓ -81%
Aetna NBR $1,164.00 ↓ -79%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $1,196.42 ↓ -79%
Aetna HMO $1,326.00 ↓ -76%
Aetna ExistingBusiness $1,419.00 ↓ -75%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $1,432.34 ↓ -74%
Aetna PPO $1,462.00 ↓ -74%
Molina HIX $1,516.59 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASA $1,685.10 ↓ -70%
Office of Sheiff Highland Co GVT $1,965.95 ↓ -65%
United PPO OptionsPPO $2,471.48 ↓ -56%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $2,527.65 ↓ -55%
Vail Health COMM $2,623.54 ↓ -53%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $2,808.50 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $2,808.50 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $2,808.50 ↓ -50%
AvMed Focus $3,533.00 ↓ -37%
AvMed FullyInsured $3,533.00 ↓ -37%
AvMed Select $3,533.00 ↓ -37%
AvMed Flex $3,533.00 ↓ -37%
AvMed Engage $3,533.00 ↓ -37%
AvMed Empower $3,533.00 ↓ -37%
United OptionsPPO $3,572.84 ↓ -36%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $3,756.67 ↓ -33%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $3,835.76 ↓ -32%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $3,835.76 ↓ -32%
AvMed ASOEO $3,879.00 ↓ -31%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $4,212.75 ↓ -25%
Evernorth BH COMM $4,493.60 ↓ -20%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $4,774.45 ↓ -15%
Bright Health OON $5,178.03 ↓ -8%
United GlobalBenefit $7,767.04 ↑ +38%
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $11,046.46 ↑ +97%
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $11,046.46 ↑ +97%
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $11,046.46 ↑ +97%
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $11,046.46 ↑ +97%
Western Plains Community Health COMM $11,219.07 ↑ +100%
NorthCare COMM $12,082.07 ↑ +115%
Physician Health Partners MCR $12,082.07 ↑ +115%
Anthem PAR $12,772.47 ↑ +127%
Medical Development International COMM $13,808.08 ↑ +146%
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $15,534.09 ↑ +177%
Aetna Cofinity not published by hospital

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Neck (Cervical Spine) CT scan (with and without contrast) at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
AdventHealth Parker Parker $5,973.80 $181.33 – $342.30
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $668.30 $173.54 – $1,632.10
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $573.81 $88.40 – $1,632.10
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $1,199.61 $178.91 – $4,309.71
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $2,648.03 $54.78 – $126.10
AdventHealth Porter Denver $5,973.80 $181.33 – $342.30
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver $17,900.50 $143.42 – $401.74
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $5,973.80 $181.33 – $342.30

All Colorado hospitals for this procedure →