Ghs central line insert < age 5, failed 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

$1,241.49

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.

$3,151.00

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.

$1,291.91 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 $1,291.91 ↑ +4%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $2,205.70 ↑ +78%
Medica Commercial $2,624.78 ↑ +111%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $2,660.70 ↑ +114%
Decent Health Commercial $2,678.35 ↑ +116%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $2,678.35 ↑ +116%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $2,835.90 ↑ +128%
Multiplan Commercial $2,961.94 ↑ +139%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $2,993.45 ↑ +141%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $3,068.27 ↑ +147%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $3,163.17 ↑ +155%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $3,163.17 ↑ +155%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $3,163.17 ↑ +155%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $3,163.17 ↑ +155%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $3,163.17 ↑ +155%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $3,163.17 ↑ +155%
Medica Medicare Advantage $3,163.17 ↑ +155%
Humana Medicare Advantage $3,258.07 ↑ +162%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $3,258.07 ↑ +162%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $3,321.33 ↑ +168%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $3,795.80 ↑ +206%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $4,959.85 ↑ +300%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $5,653.53 ↑ +355%
Centivo Self-Funded $7,591.61 ↑ +511%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $7,984.00 ↑ +543%
Aetna Commercial $8,568.00 ↑ +590%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Ghs central line insert < age 5, failed at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $1,408.50 $809.81 – $8,568.00
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $195.16 $163.50 – $376.36
AdventHealth Porter Denver $3,185.45 $145.98 – $6,161.93
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $3,185.45 $145.98 – $6,161.93
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $3,185.45 $145.98 – $6,230.33
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $3,185.45 $145.98 – $6,161.93
AdventHealth Parker Parker $3,185.45 $145.98 – $6,161.93
HCA HealthONE AURORA Aurora not published $4,904.77 – $5,111.29

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