Aluminum - quest at East Morgan County Hospital

2400 Edison Street, Brush, CO · Banner Health · · NPI 1699708743

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 12, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$47.43

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.

$77.00

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.

$32.45 with Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp vs $74.69 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
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $32.45 ↓ -32%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $33.11 ↓ -30%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $33.11 ↓ -30%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $33.11 ↓ -30%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $33.11 ↓ -30%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $33.11 ↓ -30%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $33.11 ↓ -30%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $33.11 ↓ -30%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $33.11 ↓ -30%
Medica Medicare Advantage $33.11 ↓ -30%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $34.10 ↓ -28%
Humana Medicare Advantage $35.10 ↓ -26%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $36.42 ↓ -23%
United Healthcare Nebraska Medicaid/CHIP $36.96 ↓ -22%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $39.73 ↓ -16%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $58.00 ↑ +22%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $61.60 ↑ +30%
Medica Commercial $64.14 ↑ +35%
United Healthcare UHC Navigate/Colorado Doctors Plan $66.61 ↑ +40%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $69.30 ↑ +46%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $69.30 ↑ +46%
United Healthcare Commercial $71.61 ↑ +51%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $71.61 ↑ +51%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $73.15 ↑ +54%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $73.15 ↑ +54%
Multiplan Commercial $74.69 ↑ +57%

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Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $17.48 $24.72 – $73.15
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $17.71 $19.79 – $73.15
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $25.41 $21.48 – $74.69
AdventHealth Porter Denver $383.48 $24.97 – $47.14
HCA HealthONE BELMAR ER, A PART OF SWEDISH LAKEWOOD $872.02 $14.90 – $61.92
HCA HealthONE MOUNTAIN RIDGE Thornton $502.90 $12.09 – $61.92
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AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $383.48 $24.97 – $47.14

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