X-ray thoracolumbar spine >=2 views 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

$103.68

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.

$199.00

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.

$81.59 with Banner Health vs $212.38 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 $81.59 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $85.84 ↓ -17%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $88.49 ↓ -15%
Medica Medicare Advantage $88.49 ↓ -15%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $88.49 ↓ -15%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $88.49 ↓ -15%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $88.49 ↓ -15%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plans $88.49 ↓ -15%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $88.49 ↓ -15%
Humana Medicare Advantage $91.14 ↓ -12%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $91.14 ↓ -12%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $92.91 ↓ -10%
United Healthcare UnitedHealthcare Navigate/Colorado Doctors Plan Colorado Option $106.00 ↑ +2%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $106.19 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare UHC Colorado Doctors Plan $121.00 ↑ +17%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $138.75 ↑ +34%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $139.30 ↑ +34%
United Healthcare UHC Exchange $150.00 ↑ +45%
Aetna Commercial $153.00 ↑ +48%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $158.16 ↑ +53%
Medica Commercial $165.77 ↑ +60%
United Healthcare Commercial $168.00 ↑ +62%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $168.04 ↑ +62%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $169.15 ↑ +63%
Decent Health Commercial $169.15 ↑ +63%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $174.85 ↑ +69%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $179.10 ↑ +73%
Multiplan Commercial $187.06 ↑ +80%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $189.05 ↑ +82%
Centivo Self-Funded $212.38 ↑ +105%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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X-ray thoracolumbar spine >=2 views at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $70.05 $51.14 – $212.64
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $117.90 $73.10 – $254.14
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $173.97 $9.69 – $22.31
AdventHealth Porter Denver $1,441.33 $45.38 – $169.83
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver $1,052.00 $24.83 – $258.24
HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE PARKER $1,508.00 $24.83 – $532.21
HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION Denver $627.67 $137.53 – $182.03
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $1,441.33 $45.38 – $169.83

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