Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic each addl sequential IV push same substance/drug 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

$28.34

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.

$74.00

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.

$19.02 with Banner Health vs $70.30 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 $19.02 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare UnitedHealthcare Navigate/Colorado Doctors Plan Colorado Option $34.63 ↑ +22%
United Healthcare UHC Exchange $34.63 ↑ +22%
Centivo Self-Funded $37.00 ↑ +31%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $37.00 ↑ +31%
Coventry Auto $42.18 ↑ +49%
United Healthcare UHC Colorado Doctors Plan $47.06 ↑ +66%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $47.38 ↑ +67%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $51.80 ↑ +83%
Coventry Workers Comp $59.20 ↑ +109%
Medica Commercial $61.64 ↑ +118%
Cigna Healthcare & Life Insurance Company – WY HMO Benefit Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plus Benefit Plan $62.16 ↑ +119%
Decent Health Commercial $62.90 ↑ +122%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $62.90 ↑ +122%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $62.90 ↑ +122%
Aetna Commercial $65.05 ↑ +130%
United Healthcare Commercial $65.42 ↑ +131%
Multiplan Commercial $69.56 ↑ +145%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $70.30 ↑ +148%

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Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic each addl sequential IV push same substance/drug at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $38.11 $30.34 – $70.30
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $83.48 $45.76 – $159.08
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $105.45 $69.11 – $159.08
AdventHealth Porter Denver $893.15 not published
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $893.15 not published
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $893.15 not published
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $893.15 not published
AdventHealth Parker Parker $893.15 not published

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