H pylori (c-13) breath 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

$46.08

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.

$203.00

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.

$65.34 with United Healthcare vs $192.85 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 $65.34 ↑ +42%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $67.36 ↑ +46%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $67.36 ↑ +46%
Medica Medicare Advantage $67.36 ↑ +46%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $67.36 ↑ +46%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $67.36 ↑ +46%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $67.36 ↑ +46%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $67.36 ↑ +46%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $69.38 ↑ +51%
Humana Medicare Advantage $69.38 ↑ +51%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $70.73 ↑ +53%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $80.83 ↑ +75%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $83.23 ↑ +81%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $105.62 ↑ +129%
United Healthcare UnitedHealthcare Navigate/Colorado Doctors Plan Colorado Option $109.21 ↑ +137%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $120.39 ↑ +161%
United Healthcare UHC Colorado Doctors Plan $121.80 ↑ +164%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $134.72 ↑ +192%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $142.10 ↑ +208%
United Healthcare UHC Exchange $150.83 ↑ +227%
Centivo Self-Funded $161.66 ↑ +251%
United Healthcare Commercial $167.68 ↑ +264%
Medica Commercial $169.10 ↑ +267%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $171.41 ↑ +272%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $172.55 ↑ +274%
Decent Health Commercial $172.55 ↑ +274%
Aetna Commercial $178.44 ↑ +287%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $182.70 ↑ +296%
Multiplan Commercial $190.82 ↑ +314%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $192.85 ↑ +319%

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H pylori (c-13) breath at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $46.69 $52.17 – $192.85
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $66.99 $56.64 – $196.91
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AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $311.97 $66.01 – $124.62
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