X-ray surgical specimen 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

$171.31

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.

$258.00

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.

$13.91 with Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp vs $32.01 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 $13.91 ↓ -92%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $14.19 ↓ -92%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $14.19 ↓ -92%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $14.19 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $14.19 ↓ -92%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $14.19 ↓ -92%
Medica Medicare Advantage $14.19 ↓ -92%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $14.19 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $14.19 ↓ -92%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $14.19 ↓ -92%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $14.62 ↓ -91%
Humana Medicare Advantage $15.04 ↓ -91%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $15.61 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Nebraska Medicaid/CHIP $15.84 ↓ -91%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $17.03 ↓ -90%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $24.86 ↓ -85%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $26.40 ↓ -85%
Medica Commercial $27.49 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare UHC Navigate/Colorado Doctors Plan $28.55 ↓ -83%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $29.70 ↓ -83%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $29.70 ↓ -83%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $30.69 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Commercial $30.69 ↓ -82%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $31.35 ↓ -82%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $31.35 ↓ -82%
Multiplan Commercial $32.01 ↓ -81%

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X-ray surgical specimen at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $208.40 $106.00 – $1,322.47
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $140.80 $102.80 – $1,324.13
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $116.10 $71.98 – $606.13
AdventHealth Porter Denver $894.18 $51.54 – $1,066.35
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver $598.75 $36.28 – $1,495.56
HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE Lone Tree $906.40 $36.28 – $1,262.36
HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE PARKER $906.40 $36.28 – $1,262.36
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $894.18 $51.54 – $1,066.35

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