Aquaporin-4 antibody elisa 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

$49.58

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.

$268.00

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.

$11.18 with United Healthcare vs $254.60 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 $11.18 ↓ -77%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $11.53 ↓ -77%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $11.53 ↓ -77%
Medica Medicare Advantage $11.53 ↓ -77%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $11.53 ↓ -77%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $11.53 ↓ -77%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $11.53 ↓ -77%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $11.53 ↓ -77%
Humana Medicare Advantage $11.88 ↓ -76%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $11.88 ↓ -76%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $12.11 ↓ -76%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $13.84 ↓ -72%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $18.08 ↓ -64%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $20.61 ↓ -58%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $23.06 ↓ -53%
Centivo Self-Funded $27.67 ↓ -44%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $29.40 ↓ -41%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $109.88 ↑ +122%
United Healthcare UnitedHealthcare Navigate/Colorado Doctors Plan Colorado Option $144.18 ↑ +191%
United Healthcare UHC Colorado Doctors Plan $160.80 ↑ +224%
United Healthcare UHC Exchange $199.12 ↑ +302%
United Healthcare Commercial $221.37 ↑ +346%
Medica Commercial $223.24 ↑ +350%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $226.30 ↑ +356%
Decent Health Commercial $227.80 ↑ +359%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $227.80 ↑ +359%
Aetna Commercial $235.57 ↑ +375%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $241.20 ↑ +386%
Multiplan Commercial $251.92 ↑ +408%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $254.60 ↑ +414%

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Aquaporin-4 antibody elisa at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $71.56 $11.18 – $254.60
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $109.08 $11.53 – $259.96
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $198.05 $88.78 – $259.96
AdventHealth Porter Denver $487.81 $11.30 – $21.33
CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE DENVER $596.00 $5.24 – $28.02
HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE PARKER $181.00 $6.59 – $91.94
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $487.81 $11.30 – $21.33
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $487.81 $11.30 – $21.33

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