Exchange nephrostomy cath 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

$1,707.99

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.

$4,335.00

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.

$1,184.90 with Banner Health vs $8,568.00 with Aetna — 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
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $1,184.90 ↓ -31%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $1,445.00 ↓ -15%
Centivo Self-Funded $1,445.00 ↓ -15%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $2,023.00 ↑ +18%
Medica Commercial $2,407.37 ↑ +41%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $2,440.32 ↑ +43%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $2,456.50 ↑ +44%
Decent Health Commercial $2,456.50 ↑ +44%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $2,601.00 ↑ +52%
Multiplan Commercial $2,716.60 ↑ +59%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $2,745.50 ↑ +61%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $7,984.00 ↑ +367%
Aetna Commercial $8,568.00 ↑ +402%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Exchange nephrostomy cath at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $1,937.75 $742.73 – $8,568.00
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $2,131.70 $930.74 – $3,235.92
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $3,547.84 $87.65 – $201.76
AdventHealth Porter Denver $4,081.99 $173.68 – $4,079.46
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $4,081.99 $173.68 – $4,079.46
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $4,081.99 $173.68 – $4,124.73
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $4,081.99 $173.68 – $4,079.46
AdventHealth Parker Parker $4,081.99 $173.68 – $4,079.46

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