Placement nephrostomy catheter (both sides) 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

$4,073.20

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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.

$5,745.00

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.

$181.62 with Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp vs $418.07 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

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 $181.62 ↓ -96%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $185.33 ↓ -95%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $185.33 ↓ -95%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $185.33 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $185.33 ↓ -95%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $185.33 ↓ -95%
Medica Medicare Advantage $185.33 ↓ -95%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $185.33 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $185.33 ↓ -95%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $185.33 ↓ -95%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $190.89 ↓ -95%
Humana Medicare Advantage $196.45 ↓ -95%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $203.86 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Nebraska Medicaid/CHIP $206.88 ↓ -95%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $222.40 ↓ -95%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $324.63 ↓ -92%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $344.80 ↓ -92%
Medica Commercial $359.02 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare UHC Navigate/Colorado Doctors Plan $372.81 ↓ -91%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $387.90 ↓ -90%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $387.90 ↓ -90%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $400.83 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Commercial $400.83 ↓ -90%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $409.45 ↓ -90%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $409.45 ↓ -90%
Multiplan Commercial $418.07 ↓ -90%

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Placement nephrostomy catheter (both sides) at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $2,790.31 $1,935.61 – $13,923.00
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $3,165.65 $1,213.30 – $13,923.00
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $2,447.37 $1,068.57 – $3,715.10
AdventHealth Porter Denver $7,088.81 $353.90 – $4,079.46
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $7,088.81 $353.90 – $4,079.46
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $7,088.81 $353.90 – $4,124.73
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $7,088.81 $353.90 – $4,079.46
AdventHealth Parker Parker $7,088.81 $353.90 – $4,079.46

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