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Established Patient Office Visit (level 1) 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

$91.50

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.

$125.00

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.

$29.55 with Banner Health vs $109.25 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 $29.55 ↓ -68%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $46.86 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare UnitedHealthcare Navigate/Colorado Doctors Plan Colorado Option $53.82 ↓ -41%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $57.50 ↓ -37%
Centivo Self-Funded $57.50 ↓ -37%
Coventry Auto $65.55 ↓ -28%
United Healthcare UHC Colorado Doctors Plan $73.14 ↓ -20%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $80.50 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare UHC Exchange $91.54 ↑ +0%
Coventry Workers Comp $92.00 ↑ +1%
Medica Commercial $95.80 ↑ +5%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $97.75 ↑ +7%
Cigna Healthcare & Life Insurance Company – WY HMO Benefit Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plus Benefit Plan $97.75 ↑ +7%
Decent Health Commercial $97.75 ↑ +7%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $97.75 ↑ +7%
Aetna Commercial $101.08 ↑ +10%
United Healthcare Commercial $101.66 ↑ +11%
Multiplan Commercial $108.10 ↑ +18%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $109.25 ↑ +19%

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Established Patient Office Visit (level 1) at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $76.38 $46.86 – $109.25
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $93.62 $29.30 – $101.85
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $96.70 $44.25 – $101.85

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