Warde lipoprotein (a) 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

$13.17

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.

$58.00

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.

$13.89 with United Healthcare vs $54.15 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 $13.89 ↑ +5%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $14.32 ↑ +9%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $14.32 ↑ +9%
Medica Medicare Advantage $14.32 ↑ +9%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $14.32 ↑ +9%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $14.32 ↑ +9%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $14.32 ↑ +9%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $14.32 ↑ +9%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $14.75 ↑ +12%
Humana Medicare Advantage $14.75 ↑ +12%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $15.04 ↑ +14%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $17.18 ↑ +30%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $22.45 ↑ +70%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $23.37 ↑ +77%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $25.59 ↑ +94%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $28.64 ↑ +117%
United Healthcare UnitedHealthcare Navigate/Colorado Doctors Plan Colorado Option $30.67 ↑ +133%
United Healthcare UHC Colorado Doctors Plan $34.20 ↑ +160%
Centivo Self-Funded $34.37 ↑ +161%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $36.52 ↑ +177%
United Healthcare UHC Exchange $42.35 ↑ +222%
United Healthcare Commercial $47.08 ↑ +257%
Medica Commercial $47.48 ↑ +261%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $48.13 ↑ +265%
Decent Health Commercial $48.45 ↑ +268%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $48.45 ↑ +268%
Aetna Commercial $50.10 ↑ +280%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $51.30 ↑ +290%
Multiplan Commercial $53.58 ↑ +307%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $54.15 ↑ +311%

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Warde lipoprotein (a) at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $13.34 $13.89 – $54.15
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $19.14 $14.32 – $55.29
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $35.73 $24.02 – $55.29
AdventHealth Porter Denver $209.99 $14.03 – $26.49
HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE Lone Tree $301.09 $8.19 – $34.80
HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE PARKER $301.09 $8.19 – $34.80
HCA HealthONE BELMAR ER, A PART OF SWEDISH LAKEWOOD $580.69 $8.38 – $34.80
HCA HealthONE MOUNTAIN RIDGE Thornton $613.62 $6.80 – $34.80

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