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Breast Biopsy (ultrasound-guided, percutaneous) at Community Hospital

2000 Campbell Drive, Torrington, WY · Banner Health · · NPI 1669410643

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 2, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$1,757.70

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.

$2,604.00

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.

$1,145.76 with Banner Health vs $2,551.92 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 $1,145.76 ↓ -35%
Cigna Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. HMO Medicare Advantage Plan/PPO Medicare Advantage Plan $1,145.76 ↓ -35%
Humana Medicare Advantage $1,145.76 ↓ -35%
NaphCare Federal Prison System $1,145.76 ↓ -35%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $1,145.76 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $1,145.76 ↓ -35%
InterWest Health Medicare Advantage $1,168.68 ↓ -34%
Prime Health Services Medicare Advantage $1,168.68 ↓ -34%
Medica Medicare Advantage $1,171.80 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Nebraska Medicaid/CHIP $1,249.92 ↓ -29%
Medica Commercial $2,471.20 ↑ +41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming Institutional $2,473.80 ↑ +41%
First Choice Health Network Commerical $2,473.80 ↑ +41%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $2,473.80 ↑ +41%
Imagine Health, LLC (wka WISE Provider Network) WISE PPO $2,473.80 ↑ +41%
Mountain Health Cooperative (CO-OP) Mountain Health Plan $2,473.80 ↑ +41%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,473.80 ↑ +41%
Coventry Commercial $2,499.84 ↑ +42%
Coventry Workers Comp $2,499.84 ↑ +42%
First Health Medical Rental $2,499.84 ↑ +42%
Midlands Choice Commercial $2,499.84 ↑ +42%
Cigna Healthcare & Life Insurance Company – WY Commercial $2,525.88 ↑ +44%
InterWest Health Auto & General Liability $2,525.88 ↑ +44%
InterWest Health Group Health $2,525.88 ↑ +44%
Multiplan Commercial $2,525.88 ↑ +44%
Prime Health Services Auto & General Liability $2,525.88 ↑ +44%
Prime Health Services Group Health $2,525.88 ↑ +44%
InterWest Health Workers' Comp $2,551.92 ↑ +45%
Prime Health Services Worker's Comp $2,551.92 ↑ +45%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP not published by hospital

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Breast Biopsy (ultrasound-guided, percutaneous) at other Wyoming hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Wyoming Medical Center Casper $1,179.36 $758.16 – $5,606.00
Washakie Medical Center Worland $1,932.17 $158.40 – $320.10
Platte County Hospital Wheatland $1,807.18 $1,249.92 – $2,525.88

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