#fecal-sodium 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

$13.17

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.

$58.00

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.

$4.71 with United Healthcare vs $14.25 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 $4.71 ↓ -64%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $4.86 ↓ -63%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $4.86 ↓ -63%
Medica Medicare Advantage $4.86 ↓ -63%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $4.86 ↓ -63%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $4.86 ↓ -63%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $4.86 ↓ -63%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $4.86 ↓ -63%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $5.01 ↓ -62%
Humana Medicare Advantage $5.01 ↓ -62%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $5.10 ↓ -61%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $5.83 ↓ -56%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $6.15 ↓ -53%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $7.62 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare UnitedHealthcare Navigate/Colorado Doctors Plan Colorado Option $8.07 ↓ -39%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $8.69 ↓ -34%
United Healthcare UHC Colorado Doctors Plan $9.00 ↓ -32%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $9.72 ↓ -26%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $10.50 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare UHC Exchange $11.14 ↓ -15%
Centivo Self-Funded $11.66 ↓ -11%
United Healthcare Commercial $12.39 ↓ -6%
Medica Commercial $12.49 ↓ -5%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $12.67 ↓ -4%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $12.75 ↓ -3%
Decent Health Commercial $12.75 ↓ -3%
Aetna Commercial $13.19 ↑ +0%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $13.50 ↑ +3%
Multiplan Commercial $14.10 ↑ +7%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $14.25 ↑ +8%

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#fecal-sodium at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $13.34 $3.85 – $14.25
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $19.14 $4.18 – $14.55
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $35.73 $6.32 – $14.55
AdventHealth Porter Denver $78.85 $4.76 – $8.99
HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION Denver $170.84 $4.81 – $5.10
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $78.85 $4.76 – $8.99
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $78.85 $4.76 – $8.99
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $78.85 $4.76 – $8.99

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