M/phmtrc alys ishquant/semiq 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

$121.99

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.

$251.00

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.

$102.91 with Banner Health vs $363.99 with Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado — 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 $102.91 ↓ -16%
Centivo Self-Funded $125.50 ↑ +3%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $125.50 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare UnitedHealthcare Navigate/Colorado Doctors Plan Colorado Option $135.04 ↑ +11%
United Healthcare UHC Colorado Doctors Plan $150.60 ↑ +23%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $175.70 ↑ +44%
United Healthcare UHC Exchange $186.49 ↑ +53%
United Healthcare Commercial $207.33 ↑ +70%
Medica Commercial $209.08 ↑ +71%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $211.94 ↑ +74%
Decent Health Commercial $213.35 ↑ +75%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $213.35 ↑ +75%
Aetna Commercial $220.63 ↑ +81%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $225.90 ↑ +85%
Multiplan Commercial $235.94 ↑ +93%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $238.45 ↑ +95%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $363.99 ↑ +198%

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M/phmtrc alys ishquant/semiq at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $105.92 $64.51 – $363.99
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $42.40 $23.99 – $83.42
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $52.98 $36.24 – $83.42
AdventHealth Porter Denver $132.15 $70.67 – $151.41
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver $1,425.00 $28.27 – $114.48
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $132.15 $70.67 – $151.41
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $132.15 $70.67 – $151.41
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $132.15 $70.67 – $151.41

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