Carotene at Banner Fort Collins Medical Center
4700 Lady Moon Drive, Fort Collins, CO · Banner Health · · NPI 1659787554
$15.21
Cash price 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.
$67.00
Gross charge 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.
$8.94 with United Healthcare vs $63.65 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $8.94 | ↓ -41% |
| Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado | Medicare | $9.22 | ↓ -39% |
| HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $9.22 | ↓ -39% |
| Medica | Medicare Advantage | $9.22 | ↓ -39% |
| Medicare | Traditional Medicare | $9.22 | ↓ -39% |
| Clear Spring Health | Medicare Advantage | $9.22 | ↓ -39% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $9.22 | ↓ -39% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plans | $9.22 | ↓ -39% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $9.50 | ↓ -38% |
| Longevity | Medicare Advantage | $9.50 | ↓ -38% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $9.68 | ↓ -36% |
| Assist Health Group | AHG Specialty Network | $11.06 | ↓ -27% |
| Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp | Pinnacol Assurance WC | $14.46 | ↓ -5% |
| Denver Health Medical Plan | Commercial | $16.48 | ↑ +8% |
| Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado | Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity | $18.44 | ↑ +21% |
| Centivo | Self-Funded | $22.13 | ↑ +45% |
| Hue Health, Inc | Medicare Advantage | $23.51 | ↑ +55% |
| Banner Health | Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select | $27.47 | ↑ +81% |
| United Healthcare | UnitedHealthcare Navigate/Colorado Doctors Plan Colorado Option | $36.05 | ↑ +137% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Colorado Doctors Plan | $40.20 | ↑ +164% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Exchange | $49.78 | ↑ +227% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $55.34 | ↑ +264% |
| Medica | Commercial | $55.81 | ↑ +267% |
| Rocky Mountain Health Plans | Private Plan/Self Insured Plan | $56.57 | ↑ +272% |
| Decent Health | Commercial | $56.95 | ↑ +274% |
| Apostrophe, Inc. | Commercial | $56.95 | ↑ +274% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $58.89 | ↑ +287% |
| First Choice Health Network | Commercial | $60.30 | ↑ +296% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $62.98 | ↑ +314% |
| First Choice of the Midwest | Commercial | $63.65 | ↑ +318% |
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Carotene at other Colorado hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus | Loveland | $15.41 | $8.94 – $63.65 |
| Sterling Regional Medical Center | Sterling | $22.11 | $9.22 – $64.99 |
| East Morgan County Hospital | Brush | $41.27 | $28.23 – $64.99 |
| AdventHealth Porter | Denver | $142.84 | $9.04 – $17.06 |
| AdventHealth Littleton | Littleton | $142.84 | $9.04 – $17.06 |
| AdventHealth Avista | Louisville | $142.84 | $9.04 – $17.06 |
| AdventHealth Castle Rock | Castle Rock | $142.84 | $9.04 – $17.06 |
| AdventHealth Parker | Parker | $142.84 | $9.04 – $17.06 |