Mayo infectious agent antigen immunoassay direct optical observation cryptococcus 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

$9.42

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.

$65.00

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.

$15.59 with United Healthcare vs $61.75 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 $15.59 ↑ +65%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $16.07 ↑ +71%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $16.07 ↑ +71%
Medica Medicare Advantage $16.07 ↑ +71%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $16.07 ↑ +71%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $16.07 ↑ +71%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $16.07 ↑ +71%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $16.07 ↑ +71%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $16.55 ↑ +76%
Humana Medicare Advantage $16.55 ↑ +76%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $16.87 ↑ +79%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $19.28 ↑ +105%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $25.20 ↑ +168%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $26.65 ↑ +183%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $28.72 ↑ +205%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $32.14 ↑ +241%
United Healthcare UnitedHealthcare Navigate/Colorado Doctors Plan Colorado Option $34.97 ↑ +271%
Centivo Self-Funded $38.57 ↑ +309%
United Healthcare UHC Colorado Doctors Plan $39.00 ↑ +314%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $40.98 ↑ +335%
United Healthcare UHC Exchange $48.30 ↑ +413%
United Healthcare Commercial $53.69 ↑ +470%
Medica Commercial $54.15 ↑ +475%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $54.89 ↑ +483%
Decent Health Commercial $55.25 ↑ +487%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $55.25 ↑ +487%
Aetna Commercial $57.13 ↑ +506%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $58.50 ↑ +521%
Multiplan Commercial $61.10 ↑ +549%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $61.75 ↑ +556%

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Mayo infectious agent antigen immunoassay direct optical observation cryptococcus at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $18.14 $15.59 – $61.75
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $27.95 $16.07 – $63.05
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $43.42 $27.39 – $63.05
AdventHealth Porter Denver $194.59 $15.75 – $29.73
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $194.59 $15.75 – $29.73
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $194.59 $15.75 – $29.73
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $194.59 $15.75 – $29.73
AdventHealth Parker Parker $194.59 $15.75 – $29.73

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