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Chest CT scan (without contrast) 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

$905.32

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.

$1,519.00

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.

$50.15 with Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp vs $115.43 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 $50.15 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $51.17 ↓ -94%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $51.17 ↓ -94%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $51.17 ↓ -94%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $51.17 ↓ -94%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $51.17 ↓ -94%
Medica Medicare Advantage $51.17 ↓ -94%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $51.17 ↓ -94%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $51.17 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $51.17 ↓ -94%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $52.71 ↓ -94%
Humana Medicare Advantage $54.24 ↓ -94%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $56.29 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Nebraska Medicaid/CHIP $57.12 ↓ -94%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $61.40 ↓ -93%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $89.63 ↓ -90%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $95.20 ↓ -89%
Medica Commercial $99.13 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare UHC Navigate/Colorado Doctors Plan $102.94 ↓ -89%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $107.10 ↓ -88%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $107.10 ↓ -88%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $110.67 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Commercial $110.67 ↓ -88%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $113.05 ↓ -88%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $113.05 ↓ -88%
Multiplan Commercial $115.43 ↓ -87%

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Chest CT scan (without contrast) at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $357.10 $103.66 – $872.10
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $306.61 $88.40 – $872.10
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $410.13 $106.87 – $1,473.43

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