Str markers specimen anal 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

$599.34

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.

$1,427.00

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.

$189.00 with Banner Health vs $686.00 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 $189.00 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $233.07 ↓ -61%
Humana Medicare Advantage $237.73 ↓ -60%
Prime Health Services Medicare Advantage $237.73 ↓ -60%
InterWest Health Medicare Advantage $237.73 ↓ -60%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $314.64 ↓ -48%
NaphCare Medicare $337.95 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming Blue Select PPO $470.40 ↓ -22%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming Institutional $480.90 ↓ -20%
Imagine Health, LLC (wka WISE Provider Network) WISE PPO $574.00 ↓ -4%
United Healthcare Commercial $579.60 ↓ -3%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $595.00 ↓ -1%
Cigna Healthcare & Life Insurance Company – WY Commercial $609.00 ↑ +2%
Medica Commercial $630.00 ↑ +5%
Mountain Health Cooperative (CO-OP) Mountain Health Plan $651.00 ↑ +9%
Multiplan Commercial $665.00 ↑ +11%
First Choice Health Network Commerical $665.00 ↑ +11%
Coventry Commercial $672.00 ↑ +12%
First Health Medical Rental $672.00 ↑ +12%
InterWest Health Auto & General Liability $679.00 ↑ +13%
Prime Health Services Auto & General Liability $679.00 ↑ +13%
Prime Health Services Group Health $679.00 ↑ +13%
InterWest Health Group Health $679.00 ↑ +13%
InterWest Health Workers' Comp $686.00 ↑ +14%
Prime Health Services Worker's Comp $686.00 ↑ +14%

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