Valvuloplasty mitral 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

$4,950.96

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.

$11,788.00

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.

$3,182.76 with Banner Health vs $26,502.00 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 $3,182.76 ↓ -36%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming Blue Select PPO $7,921.54 ↑ +60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming Institutional $8,098.36 ↑ +64%
Imagine Health, LLC (wka WISE Provider Network) WISE PPO $9,666.16 ↑ +95%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $10,019.80 ↑ +102%
Cigna Healthcare & Life Insurance Company – WY Commercial $10,255.56 ↑ +107%
Medica Commercial $10,609.20 ↑ +114%
Mountain Health Cooperative (CO-OP) Mountain Health Plan $10,962.84 ↑ +121%
First Choice Health Network Commerical $11,198.60 ↑ +126%
Multiplan Commercial $11,198.60 ↑ +126%
First Health Medical Rental $11,316.48 ↑ +129%
Coventry Commercial $11,316.48 ↑ +129%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $11,340.57 ↑ +129%
Prime Health Services Auto & General Liability $11,434.36 ↑ +131%
Prime Health Services Group Health $11,434.36 ↑ +131%
InterWest Health Group Health $11,434.36 ↑ +131%
InterWest Health Auto & General Liability $11,434.36 ↑ +131%
InterWest Health Workers' Comp $11,552.24 ↑ +133%
Prime Health Services Worker's Comp $11,552.24 ↑ +133%
Humana Medicare Advantage $11,567.38 ↑ +134%
InterWest Health Medicare Advantage $11,567.38 ↑ +134%
Prime Health Services Medicare Advantage $11,567.38 ↑ +134%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $15,309.77 ↑ +209%
NaphCare Medicare $16,443.83 ↑ +232%
United Healthcare Commercial $26,502.00 ↑ +435%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital —

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