Pq vrtbrplst 1 bdy inj lmb-scr w/img ini 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

$2,881.20

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.

$6,860.00

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.

$1,852.20 with Banner Health vs $14,634.00 with United Healthcare — 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 $1,852.20 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $3,244.61 ↑ +13%
Humana Medicare Advantage $3,309.50 ↑ +15%
Prime Health Services Medicare Advantage $3,309.50 ↑ +15%
InterWest Health Medicare Advantage $3,309.50 ↑ +15%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $4,380.22 ↑ +52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming Blue Select PPO $4,609.92 ↑ +60%
NaphCare Medicare $4,704.68 ↑ +63%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming Institutional $4,712.82 ↑ +64%
Imagine Health, LLC (wka WISE Provider Network) WISE PPO $5,625.20 ↑ +95%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $5,831.00 ↑ +102%
Cigna Healthcare & Life Insurance Company – WY Commercial $5,968.20 ↑ +107%
Medica Commercial $6,174.00 ↑ +114%
Mountain Health Cooperative (CO-OP) Mountain Health Plan $6,379.80 ↑ +121%
First Choice Health Network Commerical $6,517.00 ↑ +126%
Multiplan Commercial $6,517.00 ↑ +126%
Coventry Commercial $6,585.60 ↑ +129%
First Health Medical Rental $6,585.60 ↑ +129%
InterWest Health Auto & General Liability $6,654.20 ↑ +131%
Prime Health Services Auto & General Liability $6,654.20 ↑ +131%
Prime Health Services Group Health $6,654.20 ↑ +131%
InterWest Health Group Health $6,654.20 ↑ +131%
Prime Health Services Worker's Comp $6,722.80 ↑ +133%
InterWest Health Workers' Comp $6,722.80 ↑ +133%
United Healthcare Commercial $14,634.00 ↑ +408%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital —

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Pq vrtbrplst 1 bdy inj lmb-scr w/img ini at other Wyoming hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Community Hospital Torrington $3,694.95 $2,408.56 – $5,309.78
Washakie Medical Center Worland $3,065.44 $2,627.52 – $5,309.78

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