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Sinus CT scan (without contrast) 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

$305.94

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.

$916.00

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.

$103.66 with United Healthcare vs $959.00 with United Healthcare — 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 $103.66 ↓ -66%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $106.87 ↓ -65%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $106.87 ↓ -65%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $106.87 ↓ -65%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $106.87 ↓ -65%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $106.87 ↓ -65%
Medica Medicare Advantage $106.87 ↓ -65%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $106.87 ↓ -65%
Humana Medicare Advantage $110.08 ↓ -64%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $110.08 ↓ -64%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $112.21 ↓ -63%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $128.24 ↓ -58%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $167.57 ↓ -45%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $191.01 ↓ -38%
Centivo Self-Funded $256.49 ↓ -16%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $272.52 ↓ -11%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $375.56 ↑ +23%
United Healthcare UnitedHealthcare Navigate/Colorado Doctors Plan Colorado Option $605.00 ↑ +98%
United Healthcare UHC Colorado Doctors Plan $690.00 ↑ +126%
Aetna Commercial $700.00 ↑ +129%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $742.00 ↑ +143%
Medica Commercial $763.03 ↑ +149%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $773.47 ↑ +153%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $778.60 ↑ +154%
Decent Health Commercial $778.60 ↑ +154%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $824.40 ↑ +169%
Multiplan Commercial $861.04 ↑ +181%
United Healthcare UHC Exchange $862.00 ↑ +182%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $870.20 ↑ +184%
United Healthcare Commercial $959.00 ↑ +213%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Sinus CT scan (without contrast) at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $296.78 $88.40 – $870.20
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $663.12 $106.87 – $2,382.32
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $1,395.01 $37.50 – $86.33

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