Cytopathology fluids/washings/brushings smears with interpretation 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

$51.51

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.

$79.00

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.

$33.29 with Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp vs $76.63 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 $33.29 ↓ -35%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $33.97 ↓ -34%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $33.97 ↓ -34%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $33.97 ↓ -34%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $33.97 ↓ -34%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $33.97 ↓ -34%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $33.97 ↓ -34%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $33.97 ↓ -34%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $33.97 ↓ -34%
Medica Medicare Advantage $33.97 ↓ -34%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $34.99 ↓ -32%
Humana Medicare Advantage $36.01 ↓ -30%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $37.37 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare Nebraska Medicaid/CHIP $37.92 ↓ -26%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $40.76 ↓ -21%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $59.50 ↑ +16%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $63.20 ↑ +23%
Medica Commercial $65.81 ↑ +28%
United Healthcare UHC Navigate/Colorado Doctors Plan $68.33 ↑ +33%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $71.10 ↑ +38%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $71.10 ↑ +38%
United Healthcare Commercial $73.47 ↑ +43%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $73.47 ↑ +43%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $75.05 ↑ +46%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $75.05 ↑ +46%
Multiplan Commercial $76.63 ↑ +49%

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Cytopathology fluids/washings/brushings smears with interpretation at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $138.39 $38.27 – $268.85
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $129.90 $38.31 – $268.85
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $35.39 $22.04 – $76.63
AdventHealth Porter Denver $592.53 $38.61 – $72.89
CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE DENVER $1,183.00 $19.58 – $82.23
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver $797.00 $27.41 – $82.23
HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE Lone Tree $1,269.45 $24.61 – $82.23
HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE PARKER $1,269.45 $24.61 – $87.85

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