Ghs picc line insert < 5 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

$761.60

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.

$1,933.00

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.

$792.53 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 $792.53 ↑ +4%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $1,353.10 ↑ +78%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $1,514.34 ↑ +99%
Medica Medicare Advantage $1,561.18 ↑ +105%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $1,561.18 ↑ +105%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $1,561.18 ↑ +105%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $1,561.18 ↑ +105%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $1,561.18 ↑ +105%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $1,561.18 ↑ +105%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $1,561.18 ↑ +105%
Humana Medicare Advantage $1,608.02 ↑ +111%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $1,608.02 ↑ +111%
Medica Commercial $1,610.19 ↑ +111%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $1,632.23 ↑ +114%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $1,639.24 ↑ +115%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $1,643.05 ↑ +116%
Decent Health Commercial $1,643.05 ↑ +116%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $1,739.70 ↑ +128%
Multiplan Commercial $1,817.02 ↑ +139%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $1,836.35 ↑ +141%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $1,873.42 ↑ +146%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $2,447.93 ↑ +221%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $2,790.30 ↑ +266%
Centivo Self-Funded $3,746.83 ↑ +392%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $3,990.00 ↑ +424%
Aetna Commercial $8,568.00 ↑ +1025%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Ghs picc line insert < 5 at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $864.05 $496.78 – $8,568.00
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $857.36 $538.75 – $1,873.07
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $1,369.08 $81.75 – $188.18
AdventHealth Porter Denver $3,105.57 $159.70 – $3,072.02
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $3,105.57 $159.70 – $3,072.02
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $3,105.57 $159.70 – $3,106.11
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $3,105.57 $159.70 – $3,072.02
AdventHealth Parker Parker $3,105.57 $159.70 – $3,072.02

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