Insitu hybridization (fish) 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

$217.14

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.

$517.00

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.

$92.34 with Banner Health vs $335.16 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 $92.34 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $171.36 ↓ -21%
Humana Medicare Advantage $174.79 ↓ -20%
Prime Health Services Medicare Advantage $174.79 ↓ -20%
InterWest Health Medicare Advantage $174.79 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming Blue Select PPO $229.82 ↑ +6%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $231.34 ↑ +7%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming Institutional $234.95 ↑ +8%
NaphCare Medicare $248.47 ↑ +14%
Imagine Health, LLC (wka WISE Provider Network) WISE PPO $280.44 ↑ +29%
United Healthcare Commercial $283.18 ↑ +30%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $290.70 ↑ +34%
Cigna Healthcare & Life Insurance Company – WY Commercial $297.54 ↑ +37%
Medica Commercial $307.80 ↑ +42%
Mountain Health Cooperative (CO-OP) Mountain Health Plan $318.06 ↑ +46%
Multiplan Commercial $324.90 ↑ +50%
First Choice Health Network Commerical $324.90 ↑ +50%
Coventry Commercial $328.32 ↑ +51%
First Health Medical Rental $328.32 ↑ +51%
InterWest Health Auto & General Liability $331.74 ↑ +53%
Prime Health Services Auto & General Liability $331.74 ↑ +53%
Prime Health Services Group Health $331.74 ↑ +53%
InterWest Health Group Health $331.74 ↑ +53%
InterWest Health Workers' Comp $335.16 ↑ +54%
Prime Health Services Worker's Comp $335.16 ↑ +54%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital —

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