Herpes simplex virus isolation 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

$14.79

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.

$102.00

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.

$32.84 with United Healthcare vs $96.90 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 $32.84 ↑ +122%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $33.86 ↑ +129%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $33.86 ↑ +129%
Medica Medicare Advantage $33.86 ↑ +129%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $33.86 ↑ +129%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $33.86 ↑ +129%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $33.86 ↑ +129%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $33.86 ↑ +129%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $34.88 ↑ +136%
Humana Medicare Advantage $34.88 ↑ +136%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $35.55 ↑ +140%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $40.63 ↑ +175%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $41.82 ↑ +183%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $53.09 ↑ +259%
United Healthcare UnitedHealthcare Navigate/Colorado Doctors Plan Colorado Option $54.88 ↑ +271%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $60.52 ↑ +309%
United Healthcare UHC Colorado Doctors Plan $61.20 ↑ +314%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $67.72 ↑ +358%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $71.40 ↑ +383%
United Healthcare UHC Exchange $75.79 ↑ +412%
Centivo Self-Funded $81.26 ↑ +449%
United Healthcare Commercial $84.25 ↑ +470%
Medica Commercial $84.97 ↑ +475%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $86.13 ↑ +482%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $86.70 ↑ +486%
Decent Health Commercial $86.70 ↑ +486%
Aetna Commercial $89.66 ↑ +506%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $91.80 ↑ +521%
Multiplan Commercial $95.88 ↑ +548%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $96.90 ↑ +555%

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Herpes simplex virus isolation at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $28.46 $26.21 – $96.90
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $43.86 $28.46 – $98.94
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $68.14 $42.98 – $98.94
AdventHealth Porter Denver $538.63 $33.18 – $62.64
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver $55.50 $21.57 – $82.28
HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE PARKER $106.73 $19.37 – $107.26
HCA HealthONE BELMAR ER, A PART OF SWEDISH LAKEWOOD $45.53 $19.81 – $82.28
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $538.63 $33.18 – $62.64

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