Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe clostridium difficile toxin gene(s) 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

$16.24

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.

$112.00

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.

$36.15 with United Healthcare vs $106.40 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 $36.15 ↑ +123%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $37.27 ↑ +129%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $37.27 ↑ +129%
Medica Medicare Advantage $37.27 ↑ +129%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $37.27 ↑ +129%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $37.27 ↑ +129%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $37.27 ↑ +129%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $37.27 ↑ +129%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $38.39 ↑ +136%
Humana Medicare Advantage $38.39 ↑ +136%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $39.13 ↑ +141%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $44.72 ↑ +175%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $45.92 ↑ +183%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $58.44 ↑ +260%
United Healthcare UnitedHealthcare Navigate/Colorado Doctors Plan Colorado Option $60.26 ↑ +271%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $66.61 ↑ +310%
United Healthcare UHC Colorado Doctors Plan $67.20 ↑ +314%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $74.54 ↑ +359%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $78.40 ↑ +383%
United Healthcare UHC Exchange $83.22 ↑ +412%
Centivo Self-Funded $89.45 ↑ +451%
United Healthcare Commercial $92.51 ↑ +470%
Medica Commercial $93.30 ↑ +475%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $94.57 ↑ +482%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $95.20 ↑ +486%
Decent Health Commercial $95.20 ↑ +486%
Aetna Commercial $98.45 ↑ +506%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $100.80 ↑ +521%
Multiplan Commercial $105.28 ↑ +548%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $106.40 ↑ +555%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe clostridium difficile toxin gene(s) at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $31.25 $28.78 – $106.40
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $48.16 $31.25 – $108.64
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $74.82 $47.20 – $108.64
AdventHealth Porter Denver $550.27 $36.52 – $68.95
HCA HealthONE AURORA Aurora $1,338.01 $19.87 – $90.57
CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE DENVER $922.00 $16.96 – $90.57
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver $798.50 $23.75 – $90.57
HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE Lone Tree $625.50 $21.32 – $90.57

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