Western blot test 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

$107.18

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.

$174.00

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.

$43.83 with Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp vs $100.88 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 $43.83 ↓ -59%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $44.72 ↓ -58%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $44.72 ↓ -58%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $44.72 ↓ -58%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $44.72 ↓ -58%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $44.72 ↓ -58%
Medica Medicare Advantage $44.72 ↓ -58%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $44.72 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $44.72 ↓ -58%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $44.72 ↓ -58%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $46.06 ↓ -57%
Humana Medicare Advantage $47.40 ↓ -56%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $49.19 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Nebraska Medicaid/CHIP $49.92 ↓ -53%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $53.66 ↓ -50%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $78.33 ↓ -27%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $83.20 ↓ -22%
Medica Commercial $86.63 ↓ -19%
United Healthcare UHC Navigate/Colorado Doctors Plan $89.96 ↓ -16%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $93.60 ↓ -13%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $93.60 ↓ -13%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $96.72 ↓ -10%
United Healthcare Commercial $96.72 ↓ -10%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $98.80 ↓ -8%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $98.80 ↓ -8%
Multiplan Commercial $100.88 ↓ -6%

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Western blot test at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $39.50 $16.52 – $98.80
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $40.02 $16.52 – $98.80
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $57.42 $17.03 – $100.88
AdventHealth Porter Denver $278.09 $16.69 – $31.51
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $278.09 $16.69 – $31.51
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $278.09 $16.69 – $31.51
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $278.09 $16.69 – $31.51
AdventHealth Parker Parker $278.09 $16.69 – $31.51

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