Chromosome study additional 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

$47.74

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.

$104.00

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.

$26.73 with Banner Health vs $98.80 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 $26.73 ↓ -44%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $33.40 ↓ -30%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $34.43 ↓ -28%
Medica Medicare Advantage $34.43 ↓ -28%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $34.43 ↓ -28%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $34.43 ↓ -28%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $34.43 ↓ -28%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $35.46 ↓ -26%
Humana Medicare Advantage $35.46 ↓ -26%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $36.15 ↓ -24%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $41.32 ↓ -13%
United Healthcare UnitedHealthcare Navigate/Colorado Doctors Plan Colorado Option $48.67 ↑ +2%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $53.99 ↑ +13%
Coventry Auto $59.28 ↑ +24%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $61.54 ↑ +29%
United Healthcare UHC Colorado Doctors Plan $66.14 ↑ +39%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $68.86 ↑ +44%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $72.80 ↑ +52%
Centivo Self-Funded $82.63 ↑ +73%
United Healthcare Commercial $82.78 ↑ +73%
United Healthcare UHC Exchange $82.78 ↑ +73%
Cigna Healthcare & Life Insurance Company – WY HMO Benefit Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plus Benefit Plan $83.20 ↑ +74%
Coventry Workers Comp $83.20 ↑ +74%
Medica Commercial $86.63 ↑ +81%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $88.40 ↑ +85%
Decent Health Commercial $88.40 ↑ +85%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $88.40 ↑ +85%
Aetna Commercial $91.42 ↑ +91%
Multiplan Commercial $97.76 ↑ +105%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $98.80 ↑ +107%

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Chromosome study additional at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $67.81 $43.83 – $100.88
AdventHealth Porter Denver $553.67 $33.74 – $63.70
HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE Lone Tree $755.70 $19.69 – $83.66
HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE PARKER $755.70 $19.69 – $83.66
HCA HealthONE MOUNTAIN RIDGE Thornton $1,197.12 $16.34 – $83.66
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $553.67 $33.74 – $63.70
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $553.67 $33.74 – $63.70
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $553.67 $33.74 – $63.70

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