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ER Visit (level 1, minor) 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

$221.45

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.

$616.00

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.

$85.94 with United Healthcare vs $3,979.00 with Aetna — 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
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $85.94 ↓ -61%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $88.60 ↓ -60%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $88.60 ↓ -60%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $88.60 ↓ -60%
Medica Medicare Advantage $88.60 ↓ -60%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $88.60 ↓ -60%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $89.00 ↓ -60%
Humana Medicare Advantage $91.26 ↓ -59%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $91.26 ↓ -59%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $93.03 ↓ -58%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $106.32 ↓ -52%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $138.92 ↓ -37%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $158.36 ↓ -28%
Centivo Self-Funded $212.64 ↓ -4%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $225.93 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare UnitedHealthcare Navigate/Colorado Doctors Plan Colorado Option $266.00 ↑ +20%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $343.00 ↑ +55%
Coventry Auto $351.12 ↑ +59%
United Healthcare UHC Colorado Doctors Plan $371.00 ↑ +68%
United Healthcare UHC Exchange $463.00 ↑ +109%
Coventry Workers Comp $492.80 ↑ +123%
Medica Commercial $513.13 ↑ +132%
United Healthcare Commercial $516.00 ↑ +133%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $523.60 ↑ +136%
Cigna Healthcare & Life Insurance Company – WY HMO Benefit Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plus Benefit Plan $523.60 ↑ +136%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $523.60 ↑ +136%
Multiplan Commercial $579.04 ↑ +161%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $585.20 ↑ +164%
Decent Health Commercial $600.00 ↑ +171%
Aetna Commercial $3,979.00 ↑ +1697%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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ER Visit (level 1, minor) at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $352.83 $85.84 – $3,979.00
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $118.90 $53.01 – $184.30
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $254.58 $42.98 – $98.94

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