Chromosome analysis 5 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

$388.27

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.

$794.00

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.

$256.41 with United Healthcare vs $754.30 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 $256.41 ↓ -34%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $264.34 ↓ -32%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $264.34 ↓ -32%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $264.34 ↓ -32%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $264.34 ↓ -32%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $264.34 ↓ -32%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $264.34 ↓ -32%
Medica Medicare Advantage $264.34 ↓ -32%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $272.27 ↓ -30%
Humana Medicare Advantage $272.27 ↓ -30%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $277.56 ↓ -29%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $317.21 ↓ -18%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $325.54 ↓ -16%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $414.49 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare UnitedHealthcare Navigate/Colorado Doctors Plan Colorado Option $427.17 ↑ +10%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $472.45 ↑ +22%
United Healthcare UHC Colorado Doctors Plan $476.40 ↑ +23%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $528.68 ↑ +36%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $555.80 ↑ +43%
United Healthcare UHC Exchange $589.94 ↑ +52%
Centivo Self-Funded $634.42 ↑ +63%
United Healthcare Commercial $655.84 ↑ +69%
Medica Commercial $661.40 ↑ +70%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $670.45 ↑ +73%
Decent Health Commercial $674.90 ↑ +74%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $674.90 ↑ +74%
Aetna Commercial $697.93 ↑ +80%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $714.60 ↑ +84%
Multiplan Commercial $746.36 ↑ +92%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $754.30 ↑ +94%

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Chromosome analysis 5 at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $364.45 $204.06 – $754.30
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $355.71 $221.53 – $770.18
AdventHealth Porter Denver $2,677.37 $259.05 – $489.03
HCA HealthONE BELMAR ER, A PART OF SWEDISH LAKEWOOD $2,978.48 $154.64 – $642.35
HCA HealthONE MOUNTAIN RIDGE Thornton $2,614.80 $125.43 – $642.35
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $2,677.37 $259.05 – $489.03
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $2,677.37 $259.05 – $489.03
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $2,677.37 $259.05 – $489.03

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