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Lung Function Test (Spirometry) 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

$156.82

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.

$432.00

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.

$111.02 with Banner Health vs $410.40 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 $111.02 ↓ -29%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $151.47 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $152.72 ↓ -3%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $157.44 ↑ +0%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $157.44 ↑ +0%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $157.44 ↑ +0%
Medica Medicare Advantage $157.44 ↑ +0%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $157.44 ↑ +0%
Humana Medicare Advantage $162.16 ↑ +3%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $162.16 ↑ +3%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $165.31 ↑ +5%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $188.93 ↑ +20%
United Healthcare UnitedHealthcare Navigate/Colorado Doctors Plan Colorado Option $202.18 ↑ +29%
Coventry Auto $246.24 ↑ +57%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $246.87 ↑ +57%
United Healthcare UHC Colorado Doctors Plan $274.75 ↑ +75%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $281.41 ↑ +79%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $302.40 ↑ +93%
United Healthcare Commercial $343.87 ↑ +119%
United Healthcare UHC Exchange $343.87 ↑ +119%
Coventry Workers Comp $345.60 ↑ +120%
Medica Commercial $359.86 ↑ +129%
Cigna Healthcare & Life Insurance Company – WY HMO Benefit Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plus Benefit Plan $362.88 ↑ +131%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $367.20 ↑ +134%
Decent Health Commercial $367.20 ↑ +134%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $367.20 ↑ +134%
Centivo Self-Funded $377.86 ↑ +141%
Aetna Commercial $379.73 ↑ +142%
Multiplan Commercial $406.08 ↑ +159%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $410.40 ↑ +162%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Lung Function Test (Spirometry) at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $129.60 $151.47 – $410.40
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $199.15 $128.62 – $447.17
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $290.43 $194.27 – $447.17

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