Ketamine and metabolite screen - quest 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

$89.32

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.

$145.00

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.

$61.10 with Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp vs $140.65 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 $61.10 ↓ -32%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $62.35 ↓ -30%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $62.35 ↓ -30%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $62.35 ↓ -30%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $62.35 ↓ -30%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $62.35 ↓ -30%
Medica Medicare Advantage $62.35 ↓ -30%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $62.35 ↓ -30%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $62.35 ↓ -30%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $62.35 ↓ -30%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $64.22 ↓ -28%
Humana Medicare Advantage $66.09 ↓ -26%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $68.58 ↓ -23%
United Healthcare Nebraska Medicaid/CHIP $69.60 ↓ -22%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $74.82 ↓ -16%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $109.21 ↑ +22%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $116.00 ↑ +30%
Medica Commercial $120.78 ↑ +35%
United Healthcare UHC Navigate/Colorado Doctors Plan $125.42 ↑ +40%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $130.50 ↑ +46%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $130.50 ↑ +46%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $134.85 ↑ +51%
United Healthcare Commercial $134.85 ↑ +51%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $137.75 ↑ +54%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $137.75 ↑ +54%
Multiplan Commercial $140.65 ↑ +57%

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Ketamine and metabolite screen - quest at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $32.92 $59.45 – $137.75
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $33.35 $37.27 – $137.75
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $47.85 $40.45 – $140.65
AdventHealth Porter Denver $161.88 $0.02 – $0.02
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $161.88 $0.02 – $0.02
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $161.88 $0.02 – $0.02
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $161.88 $0.02 – $0.02
AdventHealth Parker Parker $161.88 $0.02 – $0.02

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