Analysis gene f2 20210g>a variant 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

$27.52

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.

$198.00

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.

$63.72 with United Healthcare vs $188.10 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 $63.72 ↑ +132%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $65.69 ↑ +139%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $65.69 ↑ +139%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $65.69 ↑ +139%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $65.69 ↑ +139%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $65.69 ↑ +139%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $65.69 ↑ +139%
Medica Medicare Advantage $65.69 ↑ +139%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $67.66 ↑ +146%
Humana Medicare Advantage $67.66 ↑ +146%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $68.97 ↑ +151%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $78.83 ↑ +186%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $81.18 ↑ +195%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $103.00 ↑ +274%
United Healthcare UnitedHealthcare Navigate/Colorado Doctors Plan Colorado Option $106.52 ↑ +287%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $117.41 ↑ +327%
United Healthcare UHC Colorado Doctors Plan $118.80 ↑ +332%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $131.38 ↑ +377%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $138.60 ↑ +404%
United Healthcare UHC Exchange $147.11 ↑ +435%
Centivo Self-Funded $157.66 ↑ +473%
United Healthcare Commercial $163.55 ↑ +494%
Medica Commercial $164.93 ↑ +499%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $167.19 ↑ +508%
Decent Health Commercial $168.30 ↑ +512%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $168.30 ↑ +512%
Aetna Commercial $174.04 ↑ +532%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $178.20 ↑ +548%
Multiplan Commercial $186.12 ↑ +576%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $188.10 ↑ +584%

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Analysis gene f2 20210g>a variant at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $85.54 $50.89 – $188.10
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $60.98 $55.24 – $192.06
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $125.14 $83.44 – $192.06
AdventHealth Porter Denver $736.34 $64.38 – $121.53
CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE DENVER $1,536.00 $29.89 – $159.63
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver $711.50 $41.85 – $159.63
HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE Lone Tree $927.68 $37.58 – $159.63
HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE PARKER $927.68 $37.58 – $159.63

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