Assay of somatostatin 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

$18.61

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.

$82.00

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.

$17.73 with United Healthcare vs $77.90 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 $17.73 ↓ -5%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $18.28 ↓ -2%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $18.28 ↓ -2%
Medica Medicare Advantage $18.28 ↓ -2%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $18.28 ↓ -2%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $18.28 ↓ -2%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $18.28 ↓ -2%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $18.28 ↓ -2%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $18.83 ↑ +1%
Humana Medicare Advantage $18.83 ↑ +1%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $19.19 ↑ +3%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $21.94 ↑ +18%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $28.66 ↑ +54%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $32.67 ↑ +76%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $33.62 ↑ +81%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $36.56 ↑ +96%
Centivo Self-Funded $43.87 ↑ +136%
United Healthcare UnitedHealthcare Navigate/Colorado Doctors Plan Colorado Option $44.12 ↑ +137%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $46.61 ↑ +150%
United Healthcare UHC Colorado Doctors Plan $49.20 ↑ +164%
United Healthcare UHC Exchange $60.93 ↑ +227%
United Healthcare Commercial $67.73 ↑ +264%
Medica Commercial $68.31 ↑ +267%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $69.24 ↑ +272%
Decent Health Commercial $69.70 ↑ +275%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $69.70 ↑ +275%
Aetna Commercial $72.08 ↑ +287%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $73.80 ↑ +297%
Multiplan Commercial $77.08 ↑ +314%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $77.90 ↑ +319%

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Assay of somatostatin at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $18.86 $17.73 – $77.90
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $27.06 $18.28 – $79.54
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $50.51 $34.55 – $79.54
AdventHealth Porter Denver $338.64 $17.91 – $33.82
CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE DENVER $1,249.00 $8.32 – $44.42
HCA HealthONE BELMAR ER, A PART OF SWEDISH LAKEWOOD $724.24 $10.69 – $44.42
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $338.64 $17.91 – $33.82
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $338.64 $17.91 – $33.82

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