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Diabetes (HbA1c) Test 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

$6.81

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.

$30.00

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.

$9.42 with United Healthcare vs $28.50 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 $9.42 ↑ +38%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $9.71 ↑ +43%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $9.71 ↑ +43%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $9.71 ↑ +43%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $9.71 ↑ +43%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $9.71 ↑ +43%
Medica Medicare Advantage $9.71 ↑ +43%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $9.71 ↑ +43%
Humana Medicare Advantage $10.00 ↑ +47%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $10.00 ↑ +47%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $10.20 ↑ +50%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $11.65 ↑ +71%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $12.30 ↑ +81%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $15.23 ↑ +124%
United Healthcare UnitedHealthcare Navigate/Colorado Doctors Plan Colorado Option $16.14 ↑ +137%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $17.35 ↑ +155%
United Healthcare UHC Colorado Doctors Plan $18.00 ↑ +164%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $19.42 ↑ +185%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $21.00 ↑ +208%
United Healthcare UHC Exchange $22.29 ↑ +227%
Centivo Self-Funded $23.30 ↑ +242%
United Healthcare Commercial $24.78 ↑ +264%
Medica Commercial $24.99 ↑ +267%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $25.33 ↑ +272%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $25.50 ↑ +274%
Decent Health Commercial $25.50 ↑ +274%
Aetna Commercial $26.37 ↑ +287%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $27.00 ↑ +296%
Multiplan Commercial $28.20 ↑ +314%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $28.50 ↑ +319%

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Diabetes (HbA1c) Test at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $6.90 $7.71 – $28.50
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $9.90 $8.37 – $29.10
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $18.48 $12.64 – $29.10

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