Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection small joint/bursa without ultrasound guidance 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

$539.55

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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.

$761.00

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.

$69.95 with Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp vs $161.02 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 $69.95 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $71.38 ↓ -87%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $71.38 ↓ -87%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $71.38 ↓ -87%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $71.38 ↓ -87%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $71.38 ↓ -87%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $71.38 ↓ -87%
Medica Medicare Advantage $71.38 ↓ -87%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $71.38 ↓ -87%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $71.38 ↓ -87%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $73.52 ↓ -86%
Humana Medicare Advantage $75.66 ↓ -86%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $78.52 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Nebraska Medicaid/CHIP $79.68 ↓ -85%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $85.66 ↓ -84%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $125.03 ↓ -77%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $132.80 ↓ -75%
Medica Commercial $138.28 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare UHC Navigate/Colorado Doctors Plan $143.59 ↓ -73%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $149.40 ↓ -72%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $149.40 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Commercial $154.38 ↓ -71%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $154.38 ↓ -71%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $157.70 ↓ -71%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $157.70 ↓ -71%
Multiplan Commercial $161.02 ↓ -70%

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Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection small joint/bursa without ultrasound guidance at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $354.60 $246.00 – $8,568.00
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $402.30 $154.20 – $8,568.00
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $324.19 $141.45 – $491.79
AdventHealth Porter Denver $1,959.78 $63.03 – $1,083.00
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $1,959.78 $63.03 – $1,083.00
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $1,959.78 $63.03 – $1,083.00
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $1,959.78 $63.03 – $1,083.00
AdventHealth Parker Parker $1,959.78 $63.03 – $1,083.00

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