CMS Price Transparency Data

Blood transfusion

Facility: Banner Fort Collins Medical Center

Billing Code: 36430 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$474

about 1.1× the $451 Medicare rate · typically $260–$1,055

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$453

About the fair price

about $21 under the fair price · 1.0× Medicare

Medicare pays $451 Fair price $474 This hospital $453 Cash price $358 Hospital's list price $828

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How this hospital compares to other CO hospitals

Highest price of the 9 CO hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.

Cheapest $70 Priciest $453

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 CO hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

A fair price for a Blood transfusion is about $474 (about 1.1× the $451 Medicare rate). Banner Fort Collins Medical Center charges insurers about $453, or about $358 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Fort Collins, CO.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

5 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna✓ Humana Kaiser Permanente

Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.

Insurance company	Price range	vs. Medicare
UnitedHealthcaremajor	$356 - $820	79%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$439 - $3,990	97%
Aetnamajor	$8,568	1901%
Cignamajor	$439	97%
Humanamajor	$453	101%
Banner Health	$271 - $407	60%
Cigna HealthSpring	$439	97%
Devoted Health	$461	102%
Health Net	$596 - $894	132%
Medica	$439 - $827	97%
+ 10 smaller / regional plans	$439 - $1,120

Government programs also on file: Medicare.

Excludes 2 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.

Self-Pay How to get the cash price

Tell the billing desk you want to be billed as self-pay — not through insurance — before your visit.
Ask for the cash / prompt-pay discount in writing, with the exact price (about 358), before you agree to anything.
Get it in writing that they won’t also bill your insurance, so the cash price is what you owe.
Check the CPT code on your bill matches exactly: 36430.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Banner Fort Collins Medical Center is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 36430.
Confirm the doctor or provider is in-network too — not just the hospital building.
Check your Explanation of Benefits against the hospital’s final itemized bill.

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Other Procedures at Banner Fort Collins Medical Center

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