Upper Back (Thoracic 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

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$19,355.60

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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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$19,355.60

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.

$168.25 with Anthem vs $17,420.04 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 $168.25 ↓ -99%
Anthem PathwayNSBP $214.64 ↓ -99%
Anthem PPO $343.43 ↓ -98%
Anthem HMO $343.43 ↓ -98%
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $377.05 ↓ -98%
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $391.22 ↓ -98%
Multiplan WorkersComp $392.93 ↓ -98%
Multiplan BeechStreetWorkersComp $392.93 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $517.79 ↓ -97%
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $517.79 ↓ -97%
AvMed HIX $1,088.00 ↓ -94%
Freedom Health MGMCR $1,102.18 ↓ -94%
Optimum MGMCR $1,102.18 ↓ -94%
Aetna QHP $1,499.00 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBR $1,552.00 ↓ -92%
Simply Healthcare Plans MGMCR $1,666.08 ↓ -91%
Aetna HMO $1,831.00 ↓ -91%
Aetna ExistingBusiness $1,893.00 ↓ -90%
Aetna PPO $2,012.00 ↓ -90%
Aetna ASA $2,352.00 ↓ -88%
Molina MCR $2,435.04 ↓ -87%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $2,576.14 ↓ -87%
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $2,630.38 ↓ -86%
CareWorks (Rockport) WORKERSCOMP $2,630.38 ↓ -86%
Health Sun Health Plan MGMCR $2,729.81 ↓ -86%
Vail Health COMM $2,942.05 ↓ -85%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $3,268.08 ↓ -83%
Molina HIX $3,460.32 ↓ -82%
AvMed Select $3,533.00 ↓ -82%
AvMed FullyInsured $3,533.00 ↓ -82%
AvMed Focus $3,533.00 ↓ -82%
AvMed Empower $3,533.00 ↓ -82%
AvMed Flex $3,533.00 ↓ -82%
AvMed Engage $3,533.00 ↓ -82%
AvMed ASOEO $3,879.00 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $4,006.61 ↓ -79%
Office of Sheiff Highland Co GVT $4,485.60 ↓ -77%
United PPO OptionsPPO $5,639.04 ↓ -71%
United GlobalBenefitPlanAppendix $5,767.20 ↓ -70%
Bright Health OON $5,806.68 ↓ -70%
Prime Health Sherriff COMM $6,408.00 ↓ -67%
AvMed JacksonFirstNetworkOON $6,408.00 ↓ -67%
Plotkin Health COMM $6,408.00 ↓ -67%
United GlobalBenefit $8,710.02 ↓ -55%
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $9,612.00 ↓ -50%
Evernorth BH COMM $10,252.80 ↓ -47%
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $10,893.60 ↓ -44%
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $12,387.58 ↓ -36%
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $12,387.58 ↓ -36%
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $12,387.58 ↓ -36%
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $12,387.58 ↓ -36%
Western Plains Community Health COMM $12,581.14 ↓ -35%
Physician Health Partners MCR $13,548.92 ↓ -30%
NorthCare COMM $13,548.92 ↓ -30%
Anthem PAR $14,323.14 ↓ -26%
Medical Development International COMM $15,484.48 ↓ -20%
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $17,420.04 ↓ -10%
Aetna Cofinity not published by hospital

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Upper Back (Thoracic Spine) MRI (without contrast) at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
AdventHealth Parker Parker $5,468.12 $228.57 – $465.64
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $326.97 $235.63 – $986.10
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $296.87 $235.93 – $986.10
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 $5,468.12 $228.57 – $465.64
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver $13,494.25 $168.25 – $517.79
HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE Lone Tree $19,355.60 $168.25 – $517.79

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