Emg 3 ext w-w/o paraspinal area 95863 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

$420.66

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.

$944.00

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.

$152.52 with United Healthcare vs $1,158.30 with Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado — 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 $152.52 ↓ -64%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $157.24 ↓ -63%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $157.24 ↓ -63%
Medica Medicare Advantage $157.24 ↓ -63%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $157.24 ↓ -63%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $157.24 ↓ -63%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $157.24 ↓ -63%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $157.24 ↓ -63%
Humana Medicare Advantage $161.96 ↓ -61%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $161.96 ↓ -61%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $165.10 ↓ -61%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $188.69 ↓ -55%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $246.55 ↓ -41%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $281.04 ↓ -33%
Centivo Self-Funded $377.38 ↓ -10%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $387.04 ↓ -8%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $400.96 ↓ -5%
United Healthcare UnitedHealthcare Navigate/Colorado Doctors Plan Colorado Option $507.87 ↑ +21%
United Healthcare UHC Colorado Doctors Plan $566.40 ↑ +35%
United Healthcare UHC Exchange $701.39 ↑ +67%
United Healthcare Commercial $779.74 ↑ +85%
Medica Commercial $786.35 ↑ +87%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $797.11 ↑ +89%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $802.40 ↑ +91%
Decent Health Commercial $802.40 ↑ +91%
Aetna Commercial $829.78 ↑ +97%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $849.60 ↑ +102%
Multiplan Commercial $887.36 ↑ +111%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $896.80 ↑ +113%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $1,158.30 ↑ +175%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Emg 3 ext w-w/o paraspinal area 95863 at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $381.11 $152.72 – $896.80
AdventHealth Porter Denver $2,358.90 $133.02 – $251.11
CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE DENVER $1,988.00 $240.36 – $250.48
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver $654.00 $240.36 – $250.48
HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE Lone Tree $4,843.30 $240.36 – $250.48
HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE PARKER $4,843.30 $120.65 – $250.48
HCA HealthONE BELMAR ER, A PART OF SWEDISH LAKEWOOD $2,810.98 $240.36 – $250.48
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $2,358.90 $133.02 – $251.11

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