External chromosome analysis 20-25 cells 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

$317.69

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.

$434.00

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.

$208.32 with United Healthcare vs $425.32 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 $208.32 ↓ -34%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $247.38 ↓ -22%
Humana Medicare Advantage $247.38 ↓ -22%
Medica Medicare Advantage $247.38 ↓ -22%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare $247.38 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $247.38 ↓ -22%
InterWest Health Medicare Advantage $252.33 ↓ -21%
Prime Health Services Medicare Advantage $252.33 ↓ -21%
Platte County Detention Center Platte County Detention Plan $347.20 ↑ +9%
United Healthcare Commercial $410.56 ↑ +29%
Medica Commercial $411.87 ↑ +30%
First Choice Health Network Commerical $412.30 ↑ +30%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $412.30 ↑ +30%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming Institutional $412.30 ↑ +30%
Imagine Health, LLC (wka WISE Provider Network) WISE PPO $412.30 ↑ +30%
Mountain Health Cooperative (CO-OP) Mountain Health Plan $412.30 ↑ +30%
Midlands Choice Commercial $416.64 ↑ +31%
Coventry Workers Comp $416.64 ↑ +31%
First Health Medical Rental $416.64 ↑ +31%
Coventry Commercial $416.64 ↑ +31%
Prime Health Services Group Health $420.98 ↑ +33%
Cigna Healthcare & Life Insurance Company – WY Commercial $420.98 ↑ +33%
InterWest Health Auto & General Liability $420.98 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Commercial $420.98 ↑ +33%
InterWest Health Group Health $420.98 ↑ +33%
Prime Health Services Auto & General Liability $420.98 ↑ +33%
Prime Health Services Worker's Comp $425.32 ↑ +34%
InterWest Health Workers' Comp $425.32 ↑ +34%

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External chromosome analysis 20-25 cells at other Wyoming hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Wyoming Medical Center Casper $182.28 $117.18 – $416.64
Washakie Medical Center Worland $184.02 $208.32 – $420.98

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