Hydromorphone 20-0.9 mg/100ml-% soln 100 ml cartridge 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

$22.07

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.

$73.80

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.

$31.10 with Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp vs $71.59 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 $31.10 ↑ +41%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $31.73 ↑ +44%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $31.73 ↑ +44%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $31.73 ↑ +44%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $31.73 ↑ +44%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $31.73 ↑ +44%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $31.73 ↑ +44%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $31.73 ↑ +44%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $31.73 ↑ +44%
Medica Medicare Advantage $31.73 ↑ +44%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $32.69 ↑ +48%
Humana Medicare Advantage $33.64 ↑ +52%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $34.91 ↑ +58%
United Healthcare Nebraska Medicaid/CHIP $35.42 ↑ +60%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $38.08 ↑ +73%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $55.59 ↑ +152%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $59.04 ↑ +168%
Medica Commercial $61.48 ↑ +179%
United Healthcare UHC Navigate/Colorado Doctors Plan $63.84 ↑ +189%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $66.42 ↑ +201%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $66.42 ↑ +201%
United Healthcare Commercial $68.63 ↑ +211%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $68.63 ↑ +211%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $70.11 ↑ +218%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $70.11 ↑ +218%
Multiplan Commercial $71.59 ↑ +224%

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