Brachy source palladium at Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus

2000 Boise Avenue, Loveland, CO · Banner Health · · NPI 1720004450

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

$77.17

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.

$208.00

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.

$53.46 with Banner Health vs $197.60 with First Choice of the Midwest — 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 $53.46 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $68.02 ↓ -12%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $70.12 ↓ -9%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $70.12 ↓ -9%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $70.12 ↓ -9%
Medica Medicare Advantage $70.12 ↓ -9%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $70.12 ↓ -9%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $72.22 ↓ -6%
Humana Medicare Advantage $72.22 ↓ -6%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $73.63 ↓ -5%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $84.14 ↑ +9%
United Healthcare UnitedHealthcare Navigate/Colorado Doctors Plan Colorado Option $97.34 ↑ +26%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $109.95 ↑ +42%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $125.33 ↑ +62%
United Healthcare UHC Colorado Doctors Plan $132.29 ↑ +71%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $133.18 ↑ +73%
United Healthcare UHC Exchange $165.57 ↑ +115%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $166.40 ↑ +116%
Centivo Self-Funded $168.29 ↑ +118%
Medica Commercial $173.26 ↑ +125%
Cigna Healthcare & Life Insurance Company – WY HMO Benefit Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plus Benefit Plan $174.72 ↑ +126%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $176.80 ↑ +129%
Decent Health Commercial $176.80 ↑ +129%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $176.80 ↑ +129%
Aetna Commercial $182.83 ↑ +137%
United Healthcare Commercial $183.87 ↑ +138%
Multiplan Commercial $195.52 ↑ +153%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $197.60 ↑ +156%
Coventry Auto not published by hospital —
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital —
Coventry Workers Comp not published by hospital —

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