Assay of urine sulfate 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

$44.35

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.

$72.00

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.

$7.16 with Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp vs $16.49 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 $7.16 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $7.31 ↓ -84%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $7.31 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $7.31 ↓ -84%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $7.31 ↓ -84%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $7.31 ↓ -84%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $7.31 ↓ -84%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $7.31 ↓ -84%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $7.31 ↓ -84%
Medica Medicare Advantage $7.31 ↓ -84%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $7.53 ↓ -83%
Humana Medicare Advantage $7.75 ↓ -83%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $8.04 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Nebraska Medicaid/CHIP $8.16 ↓ -82%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $8.77 ↓ -80%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $12.80 ↓ -71%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $13.60 ↓ -69%
Medica Commercial $14.16 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare UHC Navigate/Colorado Doctors Plan $14.71 ↓ -67%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $15.30 ↓ -66%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $15.30 ↓ -66%
United Healthcare Commercial $15.81 ↓ -64%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $15.81 ↓ -64%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $16.15 ↓ -64%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $16.15 ↓ -64%
Multiplan Commercial $16.49 ↓ -63%

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Assay of urine sulfate at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $16.34 $5.33 – $16.15
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $16.56 $4.37 – $16.15
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $23.76 $4.74 – $16.49
AdventHealth Porter Denver $141.26 $5.38 – $10.16
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $141.26 $5.38 – $10.16
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $141.26 $5.38 – $10.16
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $141.26 $5.38 – $10.16
AdventHealth Parker Parker $141.26 $5.38 – $10.16

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