Russell viper venom diluted 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

$6.12

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.

$60.00

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.

$9.29 with United Healthcare vs $57.00 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 $9.29 ↑ +52%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $9.58 ↑ +57%
Medica Medicare Advantage $9.58 ↑ +57%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $9.58 ↑ +57%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $9.58 ↑ +57%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $9.58 ↑ +57%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $9.58 ↑ +57%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $9.58 ↑ +57%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $9.87 ↑ +61%
Humana Medicare Advantage $9.87 ↑ +61%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $10.06 ↑ +64%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $11.50 ↑ +88%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $15.02 ↑ +145%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $17.12 ↑ +180%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $19.16 ↑ +213%
Centivo Self-Funded $22.99 ↑ +276%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $24.43 ↑ +299%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $24.60 ↑ +302%
United Healthcare UnitedHealthcare Navigate/Colorado Doctors Plan Colorado Option $32.28 ↑ +427%
United Healthcare UHC Colorado Doctors Plan $36.00 ↑ +488%
United Healthcare UHC Exchange $44.58 ↑ +628%
United Healthcare Commercial $49.56 ↑ +710%
Medica Commercial $49.98 ↑ +717%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $50.66 ↑ +728%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $51.00 ↑ +733%
Decent Health Commercial $51.00 ↑ +733%
Aetna Commercial $52.74 ↑ +762%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $54.00 ↑ +782%
Multiplan Commercial $56.40 ↑ +822%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $57.00 ↑ +831%

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Russell viper venom diluted at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $16.92 $9.29 – $57.00
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $20.10 $9.58 – $58.20
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $37.38 $25.28 – $58.20
AdventHealth Porter Denver $463.29 $9.39 – $17.72
HCA HealthONE BELMAR ER, A PART OF SWEDISH LAKEWOOD $555.87 $5.61 – $23.28
HCA HealthONE MOUNTAIN RIDGE Thornton $708.03 $4.55 – $23.28
HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION Denver $680.08 $9.48 – $10.06
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $463.29 $9.39 – $17.72

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