Warde virus isolation tissue culture innoculation presumptive id herpes simplex 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

$14.50

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.

$100.00

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.

$25.29 with United Healthcare vs $75.05 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 $25.29 ↑ +74%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $26.07 ↑ +80%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $26.07 ↑ +80%
Medica Medicare Advantage $26.07 ↑ +80%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $26.07 ↑ +80%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $26.07 ↑ +80%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $26.07 ↑ +80%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $26.07 ↑ +80%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $26.85 ↑ +85%
Humana Medicare Advantage $26.85 ↑ +85%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $27.37 ↑ +89%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $31.28 ↑ +116%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $32.39 ↑ +123%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $40.88 ↑ +182%
United Healthcare UnitedHealthcare Navigate/Colorado Doctors Plan Colorado Option $42.50 ↑ +193%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $46.59 ↑ +221%
United Healthcare UHC Colorado Doctors Plan $47.40 ↑ +227%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $52.14 ↑ +260%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $55.30 ↑ +281%
United Healthcare UHC Exchange $58.70 ↑ +305%
Centivo Self-Funded $62.57 ↑ +332%
United Healthcare Commercial $65.25 ↑ +350%
Medica Commercial $65.81 ↑ +354%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $66.71 ↑ +360%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $67.15 ↑ +363%
Decent Health Commercial $67.15 ↑ +363%
Aetna Commercial $69.44 ↑ +379%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $71.10 ↑ +390%
Multiplan Commercial $74.26 ↑ +412%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $75.05 ↑ +418%

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Warde virus isolation tissue culture innoculation presumptive id herpes simplex at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $27.90 $20.30 – $75.05
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $43.00 $22.04 – $76.63
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $66.80 $33.29 – $76.63
AdventHealth Porter Denver $422.68 $25.55 – $48.23
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $422.68 $25.55 – $48.23
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $422.68 $25.55 – $48.23
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $422.68 $25.55 – $48.23
AdventHealth Parker Parker $422.68 $25.55 – $48.23

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