#creutz-prot.,western blot 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

$35.19

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.

$155.00

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.

$28.33 with United Healthcare vs $83.60 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 $28.33 ↓ -19%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $29.21 ↓ -17%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $29.21 ↓ -17%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $29.21 ↓ -17%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $29.21 ↓ -17%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $29.21 ↓ -17%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $29.21 ↓ -17%
Medica Medicare Advantage $29.21 ↓ -17%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $30.09 ↓ -14%
Humana Medicare Advantage $30.09 ↓ -14%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $30.67 ↓ -13%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $35.05 ↓ -0%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $36.08 ↑ +3%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $45.80 ↑ +30%
United Healthcare UnitedHealthcare Navigate/Colorado Doctors Plan Colorado Option $47.34 ↑ +35%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $52.21 ↑ +48%
United Healthcare UHC Colorado Doctors Plan $52.80 ↑ +50%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $58.42 ↑ +66%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $61.60 ↑ +75%
United Healthcare UHC Exchange $65.38 ↑ +86%
Centivo Self-Funded $70.10 ↑ +99%
United Healthcare Commercial $72.69 ↑ +107%
Medica Commercial $73.30 ↑ +108%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $74.31 ↑ +111%
Decent Health Commercial $74.80 ↑ +113%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $74.80 ↑ +113%
Aetna Commercial $77.35 ↑ +120%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $79.20 ↑ +125%
Multiplan Commercial $82.72 ↑ +135%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $83.60 ↑ +138%

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#creutz-prot.,western blot at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $35.65 $22.62 – $83.60
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $51.15 $24.55 – $85.36
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $95.48 $37.08 – $85.36
AdventHealth Porter Denver $256.54 $28.63 – $54.04
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $256.54 $28.63 – $54.04
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $256.54 $28.63 – $54.04
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $256.54 $28.63 – $54.04
AdventHealth Parker Parker $256.54 $28.63 – $54.04

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