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Ghs paravert facet/nerve lumb ea add bil 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

$682.12

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.

$1,526.00

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.

$261.37 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 $261.37 ↓ -62%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $508.50 ↓ -25%
Centivo Self-Funded $508.50 ↓ -25%
Coventry Auto $579.69 ↓ -15%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $651.19 ↓ -5%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $711.90 ↑ +4%
Coventry Workers Comp $813.60 ↑ +19%
Medica Commercial $847.16 ↑ +24%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $864.45 ↑ +27%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $864.45 ↑ +27%
Cigna Healthcare & Life Insurance Company – WY HMO Benefit Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plus Benefit Plan $864.45 ↑ +27%
Decent Health Commercial $864.45 ↑ +27%
Multiplan Commercial $955.98 ↑ +40%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $966.15 ↑ +42%
Aetna Commercial $8,568.00 ↑ +1156%

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Ghs paravert facet/nerve lumb ea add bil at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $601.24 $416.97 – $8,568.00
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $1,167.67 $509.73 – $1,772.19
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $1,943.37 $101.14 – $232.80

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