MRA abdomen post contrast 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

$1,238.16

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.

$2,948.00

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.

$530.55 with Banner Health vs $1,925.70 with InterWest Health — 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 $530.55 ↓ -57%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming Blue Select PPO $1,320.48 ↑ +7%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming Institutional $1,349.95 ↑ +9%
Imagine Health, LLC (wka WISE Provider Network) WISE PPO $1,611.30 ↑ +30%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,627.02 ↑ +31%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $1,670.25 ↑ +35%
Cigna Healthcare & Life Insurance Company – WY Commercial $1,709.55 ↑ +38%
Medica Commercial $1,768.50 ↑ +43%
Mountain Health Cooperative (CO-OP) Mountain Health Plan $1,827.45 ↑ +48%
First Choice Health Network Commerical $1,866.75 ↑ +51%
Multiplan Commercial $1,866.75 ↑ +51%
First Health Medical Rental $1,886.40 ↑ +52%
Coventry Commercial $1,886.40 ↑ +52%
InterWest Health Group Health $1,906.05 ↑ +54%
InterWest Health Auto & General Liability $1,906.05 ↑ +54%
Prime Health Services Auto & General Liability $1,906.05 ↑ +54%
Prime Health Services Group Health $1,906.05 ↑ +54%
Prime Health Services Worker's Comp $1,925.70 ↑ +56%
InterWest Health Workers' Comp $1,925.70 ↑ +56%

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MRA abdomen post contrast at other Wyoming hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Community Hospital Torrington $3,599.06 $1,471.36 – $3,243.68
Washakie Medical Center Worland $4,051.07 $87.84 – $177.51
Platte County Hospital Wheatland $4,281.26 $1,605.12 – $3,243.68

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