Str markers specimen anal 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

$901.86

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.

$1,427.00

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.

$294.98 with Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp vs $679.00 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 $294.98 ↓ -67%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $301.00 ↓ -67%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $301.00 ↓ -67%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $301.00 ↓ -67%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $301.00 ↓ -67%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $301.00 ↓ -67%
Medica Medicare Advantage $301.00 ↓ -67%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $301.00 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $301.00 ↓ -67%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $301.00 ↓ -67%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $310.03 ↓ -66%
Humana Medicare Advantage $319.06 ↓ -65%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $331.10 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare Nebraska Medicaid/CHIP $336.00 ↓ -63%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $361.20 ↓ -60%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $527.24 ↓ -42%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $560.00 ↓ -38%
Medica Commercial $583.10 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare UHC Navigate/Colorado Doctors Plan $605.50 ↓ -33%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $630.00 ↓ -30%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $630.00 ↓ -30%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $651.00 ↓ -28%
United Healthcare Commercial $651.00 ↓ -28%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $665.00 ↓ -26%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $665.00 ↓ -26%
Multiplan Commercial $679.00 ↓ -25%

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