Balloon dilate urtrl strix at Banner Wyoming Medical Center

1233 E 2nd Street, Casper, WY · Banner Health · · NPI 1346332954

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 2, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$3,445.68

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.

$8,204.00

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.

$1,476.63 with Banner Health vs $5,359.62 with Prime Health Services — 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 $1,476.63 ↓ -57%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming Blue Select PPO $3,675.17 ↑ +7%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming Institutional $3,757.20 ↑ +9%
Imagine Health, LLC (wka WISE Provider Network) WISE PPO $4,484.58 ↑ +30%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $4,648.65 ↑ +35%
Cigna Healthcare & Life Insurance Company – WY Commercial $4,758.03 ↑ +38%
Medica Commercial $4,922.10 ↑ +43%
Mountain Health Cooperative (CO-OP) Mountain Health Plan $5,086.17 ↑ +48%
Multiplan Commercial $5,195.55 ↑ +51%
First Choice Health Network Commerical $5,195.55 ↑ +51%
First Health Medical Rental $5,250.24 ↑ +52%
Coventry Commercial $5,250.24 ↑ +52%
InterWest Health Auto & General Liability $5,304.93 ↑ +54%
InterWest Health Group Health $5,304.93 ↑ +54%
Prime Health Services Auto & General Liability $5,304.93 ↑ +54%
Prime Health Services Group Health $5,304.93 ↑ +54%
InterWest Health Workers' Comp $5,359.62 ↑ +56%
Prime Health Services Worker's Comp $5,359.62 ↑ +56%

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