Albumin body fluid quantitative each specimen at Banner Fort Collins Medical Center

4700 Lady Moon Drive, Fort Collins, CO · Banner Health · · NPI 1659787554

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 2, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$13.17

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.

$58.00

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.

$7.55 with United Healthcare vs $22.80 with First Choice of the Midwest — 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
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $7.55 ↓ -43%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $7.78 ↓ -41%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $7.78 ↓ -41%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $7.78 ↓ -41%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $7.78 ↓ -41%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $7.78 ↓ -41%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $7.78 ↓ -41%
Medica Medicare Advantage $7.78 ↓ -41%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $8.01 ↓ -39%
Humana Medicare Advantage $8.01 ↓ -39%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $8.17 ↓ -38%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $9.34 ↓ -29%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $9.84 ↓ -25%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $12.20 ↓ -7%
United Healthcare UnitedHealthcare Navigate/Colorado Doctors Plan Colorado Option $12.91 ↓ -2%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $13.91 ↑ +6%
United Healthcare UHC Colorado Doctors Plan $14.40 ↑ +9%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $15.56 ↑ +18%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $16.80 ↑ +28%
United Healthcare UHC Exchange $17.83 ↑ +35%
Centivo Self-Funded $18.67 ↑ +42%
United Healthcare Commercial $19.82 ↑ +50%
Medica Commercial $19.99 ↑ +52%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $20.27 ↑ +54%
Decent Health Commercial $20.40 ↑ +55%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $20.40 ↑ +55%
Aetna Commercial $21.10 ↑ +60%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $21.60 ↑ +64%
Multiplan Commercial $22.56 ↑ +71%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $22.80 ↑ +73%

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Albumin body fluid quantitative each specimen at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $13.34 $6.17 – $22.80
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $19.14 $6.70 – $23.28
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $35.73 $10.11 – $23.28
AdventHealth Porter Denver $105.83 $7.62 – $14.39
HCA HealthONE BELMAR ER, A PART OF SWEDISH LAKEWOOD $300.68 $4.55 – $22.26
HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION Denver $53.71 $7.70 – $22.26
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $105.83 $7.62 – $14.39
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $105.83 $7.62 – $14.39

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