Exchange drainage catheter 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

$1,168.90

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.

$2,615.00

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.

$672.05 with Banner Health vs $8,568.00 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
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $672.05 ↓ -43%
Coventry Auto $1,490.55 ↑ +28%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $1,830.50 ↑ +57%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $1,851.57 ↑ +58%
Medica Medicare Advantage $1,908.83 ↑ +63%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $1,908.83 ↑ +63%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $1,908.83 ↑ +63%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $1,908.83 ↑ +63%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $1,908.83 ↑ +63%
Humana Medicare Advantage $1,966.09 ↑ +68%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $1,966.09 ↑ +68%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $2,004.27 ↑ +71%
Coventry Workers Comp $2,092.00 ↑ +79%
Medica Commercial $2,178.30 ↑ +86%
Decent Health Commercial $2,222.75 ↑ +90%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $2,222.75 ↑ +90%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $2,222.75 ↑ +90%
Cigna Healthcare & Life Insurance Company – WY HMO Benefit Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plus Benefit Plan $2,222.75 ↑ +90%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $2,290.60 ↑ +96%
Multiplan Commercial $2,458.10 ↑ +110%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $2,484.25 ↑ +113%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $2,993.05 ↑ +156%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $3,411.84 ↑ +192%
Centivo Self-Funded $4,581.19 ↑ +292%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $7,984.00 ↑ +583%
Aetna Commercial $8,568.00 ↑ +633%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Exchange drainage catheter at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $1,030.31 $1,072.15 – $8,568.00
AdventHealth Porter Denver $3,421.10 $121.38 – $3,744.82
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $3,421.10 $121.38 – $3,744.82
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $3,421.10 $121.38 – $3,786.38
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $3,421.10 $121.38 – $3,744.82
AdventHealth Parker Parker $3,421.10 $121.38 – $3,744.82
HCA HealthONE AURORA Aurora not published $2,927.98 – $3,051.26
CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE DENVER not published $2,927.98 – $3,051.26

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