Collection blood specimen using established central/peripheral catheter venous nos at Platte County Hospital

201 14th Street, Wheatland, WY · Banner Health · · NPI 1265469506

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

$141.48

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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$216.00

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.

$103.68 with United Healthcare vs $211.68 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
United Healthcare Nebraska Medicaid/CHIP $103.68 ↓ -27%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $123.12 ↓ -13%
Humana Medicare Advantage $123.12 ↓ -13%
Medica Medicare Advantage $123.12 ↓ -13%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $123.12 ↓ -13%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $123.12 ↓ -13%
InterWest Health Medicare Advantage $125.58 ↓ -11%
Prime Health Services Medicare Advantage $125.58 ↓ -11%
Platte County Detention Center Platte County Detention Plan $172.80 ↑ +22%
United Healthcare Commercial $204.34 ↑ +44%
Medica Commercial $204.98 ↑ +45%
First Choice Health Network Commerical $205.20 ↑ +45%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $205.20 ↑ +45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming Institutional $205.20 ↑ +45%
Imagine Health, LLC (wka WISE Provider Network) WISE PPO $205.20 ↑ +45%
Mountain Health Cooperative (CO-OP) Mountain Health Plan $205.20 ↑ +45%
Midlands Choice Commercial $207.36 ↑ +47%
Coventry Workers Comp $207.36 ↑ +47%
First Health Medical Rental $207.36 ↑ +47%
Coventry Commercial $207.36 ↑ +47%
Prime Health Services Group Health $209.52 ↑ +48%
Cigna Healthcare & Life Insurance Company – WY Commercial $209.52 ↑ +48%
InterWest Health Auto & General Liability $209.52 ↑ +48%
Multiplan Commercial $209.52 ↑ +48%
InterWest Health Group Health $209.52 ↑ +48%
Prime Health Services Auto & General Liability $209.52 ↑ +48%
Prime Health Services Worker's Comp $211.68 ↑ +50%
InterWest Health Workers' Comp $211.68 ↑ +50%

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Collection blood specimen using established central/peripheral catheter venous nos at other Wyoming hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Wyoming Medical Center Casper $78.54 $50.49 – $179.52
Community Hospital Torrington $127.66 $95.04 – $209.52
Washakie Medical Center Worland $120.96 $103.68 – $209.52

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