Test pathogen(s) for platelets reference 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

$92.64

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.

$240.00

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.

$57.91 with United Healthcare vs $228.00 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 $57.91 ↓ -37%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $59.70 ↓ -36%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $59.70 ↓ -36%
Medica Medicare Advantage $59.70 ↓ -36%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $59.70 ↓ -36%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $59.70 ↓ -36%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $59.70 ↓ -36%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $59.70 ↓ -36%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $61.49 ↓ -34%
Humana Medicare Advantage $61.49 ↓ -34%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $62.69 ↓ -32%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $71.64 ↓ -23%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $93.61 ↑ +1%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $98.40 ↑ +6%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $106.70 ↑ +15%
United Healthcare UnitedHealthcare Navigate/Colorado Doctors Plan Colorado Option $129.12 ↑ +39%
Centivo Self-Funded $143.28 ↑ +55%
United Healthcare UHC Colorado Doctors Plan $144.00 ↑ +55%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $152.24 ↑ +64%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $153.67 ↑ +66%
United Healthcare UHC Exchange $178.32 ↑ +92%
United Healthcare Commercial $198.24 ↑ +114%
Medica Commercial $199.92 ↑ +116%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $202.66 ↑ +119%
Decent Health Commercial $204.00 ↑ +120%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $204.00 ↑ +120%
Aetna Commercial $210.96 ↑ +128%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $216.00 ↑ +133%
Multiplan Commercial $225.60 ↑ +144%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $228.00 ↑ +146%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Test pathogen(s) for platelets reference at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $101.52 $57.98 – $228.00
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $126.72 $59.70 – $232.80
AdventHealth Porter Denver $163.08 $50.76 – $115.13
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $163.08 $50.76 – $115.13
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $163.08 $50.76 – $116.40
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $163.08 $50.76 – $115.13
AdventHealth Parker Parker $163.08 $50.76 – $115.13
HCA HealthONE AURORA Aurora not published $30.64 – $98.09

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