Electron microscopy diagnostic 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

$999.30

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.

$2,368.00

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.

$608.58 with Banner Health vs $2,747.74 with Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado — 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 $608.58 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $797.34 ↓ -20%
Medica Medicare Advantage $822.00 ↓ -18%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $822.00 ↓ -18%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $822.00 ↓ -18%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $822.00 ↓ -18%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $822.00 ↓ -18%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $846.66 ↓ -15%
Humana Medicare Advantage $846.66 ↓ -15%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $863.10 ↓ -14%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $986.40 ↓ -1%
United Healthcare UnitedHealthcare Navigate/Colorado Doctors Plan Colorado Option $1,108.22 ↑ +11%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $1,288.90 ↑ +29%
Coventry Auto $1,349.76 ↑ +35%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $1,469.24 ↑ +47%
United Healthcare UHC Colorado Doctors Plan $1,506.05 ↑ +51%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $1,657.60 ↑ +66%
United Healthcare UHC Exchange $1,884.93 ↑ +89%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,884.93 ↑ +89%
Coventry Workers Comp $1,894.40 ↑ +90%
Cigna Healthcare & Life Insurance Company – WY HMO Benefit Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plus Benefit Plan $1,894.40 ↑ +90%
Medica Commercial $1,972.54 ↑ +97%
Centivo Self-Funded $1,972.80 ↑ +97%
Decent Health Commercial $2,012.80 ↑ +101%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $2,012.80 ↑ +101%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $2,012.80 ↑ +101%
Aetna Commercial $2,081.47 ↑ +108%
Multiplan Commercial $2,225.92 ↑ +123%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $2,249.60 ↑ +125%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $2,747.74 ↑ +175%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Electron microscopy diagnostic at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $1,150.85 $796.34 – $2,249.60
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $795.70 $450.31 – $1,565.58
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $994.22 $680.14 – $1,565.58
AdventHealth Porter Denver $5,046.60 $733.07 – $1,572.31
CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE DENVER $1,168.00 $182.87 – $1,594.44
HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE Lone Tree $9,029.91 $229.89 – $1,594.44
HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE PARKER $9,029.91 $229.89 – $1,594.44
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $5,046.60 $733.07 – $1,572.31

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