Thyroid uptake measurement 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

$361.34

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.

$663.00

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.

$271.83 with Banner Health vs $969.19 with Centivo — 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
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $271.83 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare UnitedHealthcare Navigate/Colorado Doctors Plan Colorado Option $356.69 ↓ -1%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $391.72 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare UHC Colorado Doctors Plan $397.80 ↑ +10%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $403.83 ↑ +12%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $403.83 ↑ +12%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $403.83 ↑ +12%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $403.83 ↑ +12%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $403.83 ↑ +12%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $403.83 ↑ +12%
Medica Medicare Advantage $403.83 ↑ +12%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $411.00 ↑ +14%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $415.94 ↑ +15%
Humana Medicare Advantage $415.94 ↑ +15%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $424.02 ↑ +17%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $464.10 ↑ +28%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $484.60 ↑ +34%
United Healthcare UHC Exchange $492.61 ↑ +36%
United Healthcare Commercial $547.64 ↑ +52%
Medica Commercial $552.28 ↑ +53%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $559.84 ↑ +55%
Decent Health Commercial $563.55 ↑ +56%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $563.55 ↑ +56%
Aetna Commercial $582.78 ↑ +61%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $596.70 ↑ +65%
Multiplan Commercial $623.22 ↑ +72%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $629.85 ↑ +74%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $633.21 ↑ +75%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $721.77 ↑ +100%
Centivo Self-Funded $969.19 ↑ +168%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Thyroid uptake measurement at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $327.52 $170.39 – $970.42
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $241.19 $169.07 – $587.82
AdventHealth Porter Denver $1,075.86 $133.08 – $780.17
CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE DENVER $4,166.46 $21.43 – $848.52
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver $3,005.00 $21.43 – $1,155.34
HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE Lone Tree $2,813.50 $21.43 – $975.18
HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE PARKER $2,813.50 $21.43 – $2,155.38
HCA HealthONE BELMAR ER, A PART OF SWEDISH LAKEWOOD $3,092.83 $21.43 – $994.77

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