Str markers specimen anal at Banner Fort Collins Medical Center
4700 Lady Moon Drive, Fort Collins, CO · Banner Health · · NPI 1659787554
$198.35
Cash price 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.
$1,427.00
Gross charge 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.
$226.08 with United Healthcare vs $665.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $226.08 | ↑ +14% |
| Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado | Medicare | $233.07 | ↑ +18% |
| Clear Spring Health | Medicare Advantage | $233.07 | ↑ +18% |
| Medica | Medicare Advantage | $233.07 | ↑ +18% |
| HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $233.07 | ↑ +18% |
| Medicare | Traditional Medicare | $233.07 | ↑ +18% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | PPO Medicare Advantage Plan | $233.07 | ↑ +18% |
| Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | HMO Medicare Advantage Plans | $233.07 | ↑ +18% |
| Longevity | Medicare Advantage | $240.06 | ↑ +21% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $240.06 | ↑ +21% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $244.72 | ↑ +23% |
| Assist Health Group | AHG Specialty Network | $279.68 | ↑ +41% |
| Banner Health | Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select | $287.00 | ↑ +45% |
| Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp | Pinnacol Assurance WC | $365.45 | ↑ +84% |
| United Healthcare | UnitedHealthcare Navigate/Colorado Doctors Plan Colorado Option | $376.60 | ↑ +90% |
| Denver Health Medical Plan | Commercial | $416.57 | ↑ +110% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Colorado Doctors Plan | $420.00 | ↑ +112% |
| Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado | Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity | $466.14 | ↑ +135% |
| Hue Health, Inc | Medicare Advantage | $490.00 | ↑ +147% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Exchange | $520.10 | ↑ +162% |
| Centivo | Self-Funded | $559.37 | ↑ +182% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $578.20 | ↑ +192% |
| Medica | Commercial | $583.10 | ↑ +194% |
| Rocky Mountain Health Plans | Private Plan/Self Insured Plan | $591.08 | ↑ +198% |
| Apostrophe, Inc. | Commercial | $595.00 | ↑ +200% |
| Decent Health | Commercial | $595.00 | ↑ +200% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $615.30 | ↑ +210% |
| First Choice Health Network | Commercial | $630.00 | ↑ +218% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $658.00 | ↑ +232% |
| First Choice of the Midwest | Commercial | $665.00 | ↑ +235% |
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Str markers specimen anal at other Colorado hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus | Loveland | $616.46 | $179.90 – $665.00 |
| Sterling Regional Medical Center | Sterling | $439.52 | $195.30 – $679.00 |
| East Morgan County Hospital | Brush | $901.86 | $294.98 – $679.00 |
| AdventHealth Porter | Denver | $502.35 | $228.41 – $431.18 |
| AdventHealth Littleton | Littleton | $502.35 | $228.41 – $431.18 |
| AdventHealth Avista | Louisville | $502.35 | $228.41 – $431.18 |
| AdventHealth Castle Rock | Castle Rock | $502.35 | $228.41 – $431.18 |
| AdventHealth Parker | Parker | $502.35 | $228.41 – $431.18 |