Transfusion blood/blood component(s) 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

$428.98

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.

$993.00

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.

$271.42 with Banner Health vs $8,568.00 with Aetna — 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 $271.42 ↓ -37%
United Healthcare UnitedHealthcare Navigate/Colorado Doctors Plan Colorado Option $356.16 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare UHC Colorado Doctors Plan $397.20 ↓ -7%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $426.18 ↓ -1%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $439.36 ↑ +2%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $439.36 ↑ +2%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $439.36 ↑ +2%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $439.36 ↑ +2%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $439.36 ↑ +2%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $439.36 ↑ +2%
Medica Medicare Advantage $439.36 ↑ +2%
Humana Medicare Advantage $452.54 ↑ +5%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $452.54 ↑ +5%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $461.33 ↑ +8%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $463.40 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare UHC Exchange $491.87 ↑ +15%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $527.23 ↑ +23%
United Healthcare Commercial $546.81 ↑ +27%
Medica Commercial $551.45 ↑ +29%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $558.99 ↑ +30%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $562.70 ↑ +31%
Decent Health Commercial $562.70 ↑ +31%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $595.80 ↑ +39%
Multiplan Commercial $622.28 ↑ +45%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $628.90 ↑ +47%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $688.92 ↑ +61%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $785.27 ↑ +83%
Centivo Self-Funded $1,054.46 ↑ +146%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $3,990.00 ↑ +830%
Aetna Commercial $8,568.00 ↑ +1897%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Transfusion blood/blood component(s) at other Colorado hospitals

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Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $381.31 $170.13 – $8,568.00
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