Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification bk virus 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

$115.50

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.

$275.00

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.

$34.83 with Banner Health vs $126.42 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 $34.83 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $42.84 ↓ -63%
Humana Medicare Advantage $43.70 ↓ -62%
Prime Health Services Medicare Advantage $43.70 ↓ -62%
InterWest Health Medicare Advantage $43.70 ↓ -62%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $57.83 ↓ -50%
NaphCare Medicare $62.12 ↓ -46%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming Blue Select PPO $86.69 ↓ -25%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming Institutional $88.62 ↓ -23%
Imagine Health, LLC (wka WISE Provider Network) WISE PPO $105.78 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare Commercial $106.81 ↓ -8%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $109.65 ↓ -5%
Cigna Healthcare & Life Insurance Company – WY Commercial $112.23 ↓ -3%
Medica Commercial $116.10 ↑ +1%
Mountain Health Cooperative (CO-OP) Mountain Health Plan $119.97 ↑ +4%
Multiplan Commercial $122.55 ↑ +6%
First Choice Health Network Commerical $122.55 ↑ +6%
Coventry Commercial $123.84 ↑ +7%
First Health Medical Rental $123.84 ↑ +7%
InterWest Health Auto & General Liability $125.13 ↑ +8%
Prime Health Services Auto & General Liability $125.13 ↑ +8%
Prime Health Services Group Health $125.13 ↑ +8%
InterWest Health Group Health $125.13 ↑ +8%
InterWest Health Workers' Comp $126.42 ↑ +9%
Prime Health Services Worker's Comp $126.42 ↑ +9%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification bk virus at other Wyoming hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Community Hospital Torrington $172.98 $56.76 – $125.13
Washakie Medical Center Worland $194.70 $61.92 – $125.13
Platte County Hospital Wheatland $193.05 $61.92 – $125.13

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