Chromatography 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

$12.49

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.

$55.00

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.

$17.52 with United Healthcare vs $52.25 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 $17.52 ↑ +40%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $18.06 ↑ +45%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $18.06 ↑ +45%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $18.06 ↑ +45%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $18.06 ↑ +45%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $18.06 ↑ +45%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $18.06 ↑ +45%
Medica Medicare Advantage $18.06 ↑ +45%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $18.60 ↑ +49%
Humana Medicare Advantage $18.60 ↑ +49%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $18.96 ↑ +52%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $21.67 ↑ +73%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $22.55 ↑ +81%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $28.32 ↑ +127%
United Healthcare UnitedHealthcare Navigate/Colorado Doctors Plan Colorado Option $29.59 ↑ +137%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $32.28 ↑ +158%
United Healthcare UHC Colorado Doctors Plan $33.00 ↑ +164%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $36.12 ↑ +189%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $38.50 ↑ +208%
United Healthcare UHC Exchange $40.87 ↑ +227%
Centivo Self-Funded $43.34 ↑ +247%
United Healthcare Commercial $45.43 ↑ +264%
Medica Commercial $45.81 ↑ +267%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $46.44 ↑ +272%
Decent Health Commercial $46.75 ↑ +274%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $46.75 ↑ +274%
Aetna Commercial $48.34 ↑ +287%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $49.50 ↑ +296%
Multiplan Commercial $51.70 ↑ +314%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $52.25 ↑ +318%

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Chromatography at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $12.65 $14.13 – $52.25
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $18.15 $15.35 – $53.35
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $33.88 $23.18 – $53.35
AdventHealth Porter Denver $280.00 $17.70 – $33.41
HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE Lone Tree $96.02 $10.33 – $43.89
HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE PARKER $96.02 $10.33 – $75.59
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $280.00 $17.70 – $33.41
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $280.00 $17.70 – $33.41

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