Cell function assay w/stim 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

$108.94

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.

$408.00

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.

$104.86 with Banner Health vs $387.60 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 $104.86 ↓ -4%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $131.78 ↑ +21%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $135.86 ↑ +25%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $135.86 ↑ +25%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $135.86 ↑ +25%
Medica Medicare Advantage $135.86 ↑ +25%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $135.86 ↑ +25%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $139.94 ↑ +28%
Humana Medicare Advantage $139.94 ↑ +28%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $142.65 ↑ +31%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $163.03 ↑ +50%
United Healthcare UnitedHealthcare Navigate/Colorado Doctors Plan Colorado Option $190.94 ↑ +75%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $213.03 ↑ +96%
Coventry Auto $232.56 ↑ +113%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $242.84 ↑ +123%
United Healthcare UHC Colorado Doctors Plan $259.49 ↑ +138%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $271.72 ↑ +149%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $285.60 ↑ +162%
United Healthcare Commercial $324.77 ↑ +198%
United Healthcare UHC Exchange $324.77 ↑ +198%
Centivo Self-Funded $326.06 ↑ +199%
Coventry Workers Comp $326.40 ↑ +200%
Cigna Healthcare & Life Insurance Company – WY HMO Benefit Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plus Benefit Plan $326.40 ↑ +200%
Medica Commercial $339.86 ↑ +212%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $346.80 ↑ +218%
Decent Health Commercial $346.80 ↑ +218%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $346.80 ↑ +218%
Aetna Commercial $358.63 ↑ +229%
Multiplan Commercial $383.52 ↑ +252%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $387.60 ↑ +256%

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Cell function assay w/stim at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $75.48 $131.78 – $387.60
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $166.06 $113.83 – $395.76
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $301.51 $171.93 – $395.76
AdventHealth Porter Denver $486.53 $133.14 – $251.34
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver $951.00 $86.54 – $330.14
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $486.53 $133.14 – $251.34
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $486.53 $133.14 – $251.34
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $486.53 $133.14 – $251.34

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