Blood smear microscopic w manual differential wbc count 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

$5.51

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.

$54.00

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.

$3.69 with United Healthcare vs $51.30 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 $3.69 ↓ -33%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $3.80 ↓ -31%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $3.80 ↓ -31%
Medica Medicare Advantage $3.80 ↓ -31%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $3.80 ↓ -31%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $3.80 ↓ -31%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $3.80 ↓ -31%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $3.80 ↓ -31%
Humana Medicare Advantage $3.91 ↓ -29%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $3.91 ↓ -29%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $3.99 ↓ -28%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $4.56 ↓ -17%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $5.96 ↑ +8%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $6.79 ↑ +23%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $7.60 ↑ +38%
Centivo Self-Funded $9.12 ↑ +66%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $9.69 ↑ +76%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $22.14 ↑ +302%
United Healthcare UnitedHealthcare Navigate/Colorado Doctors Plan Colorado Option $29.05 ↑ +427%
United Healthcare UHC Colorado Doctors Plan $32.40 ↑ +488%
United Healthcare UHC Exchange $40.12 ↑ +628%
United Healthcare Commercial $44.60 ↑ +709%
Medica Commercial $44.98 ↑ +716%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $45.60 ↑ +728%
Decent Health Commercial $45.90 ↑ +733%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $45.90 ↑ +733%
Aetna Commercial $47.47 ↑ +762%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $48.60 ↑ +782%
Multiplan Commercial $50.76 ↑ +821%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $51.30 ↑ +831%

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Blood smear microscopic w manual differential wbc count at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $15.23 $3.69 – $51.30
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $21.10 $3.80 – $52.38
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $33.64 $22.76 – $52.38
AdventHealth Porter Denver $55.06 $3.72 – $7.03
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $55.06 $3.72 – $7.03
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $55.06 $3.72 – $7.03
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $55.06 $3.72 – $7.03
AdventHealth Parker Parker $55.06 $3.72 – $7.03

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