Mayo vasoactive intestinal peptide 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

$36.80

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.

$160.00

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.

$34.27 with United Healthcare vs $152.00 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
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $34.27 ↓ -7%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $35.33 ↓ -4%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $35.33 ↓ -4%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $35.33 ↓ -4%
Medica Medicare Advantage $35.33 ↓ -4%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $35.33 ↓ -4%
Humana Medicare Advantage $36.39 ↓ -1%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $36.39 ↓ -1%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $37.10 ↑ +1%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $41.12 ↑ +12%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $42.40 ↑ +15%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $55.40 ↑ +51%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $63.15 ↑ +72%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $70.66 ↑ +92%
United Healthcare UnitedHealthcare Navigate/Colorado Doctors Plan Colorado Option $74.88 ↑ +103%
Centivo Self-Funded $84.79 ↑ +130%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $90.09 ↑ +145%
Coventry Auto $91.20 ↑ +148%
United Healthcare UHC Colorado Doctors Plan $101.76 ↑ +177%
United Healthcare UHC Exchange $127.36 ↑ +246%
United Healthcare Commercial $127.36 ↑ +246%
Cigna Healthcare & Life Insurance Company – WY HMO Benefit Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plus Benefit Plan $128.00 ↑ +248%
Coventry Workers Comp $128.00 ↑ +248%
Medica Commercial $133.28 ↑ +262%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $136.00 ↑ +270%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $136.00 ↑ +270%
Decent Health Commercial $136.00 ↑ +270%
Aetna Commercial $140.64 ↑ +282%
Multiplan Commercial $150.40 ↑ +309%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $152.00 ↑ +313%

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Mayo vasoactive intestinal peptide at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $36.32 $34.27 – $152.00
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $52.80 $35.33 – $155.20
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $98.56 $67.42 – $155.20
AdventHealth Porter Denver $241.78 $34.62 – $65.36
HCA HealthONE BELMAR ER, A PART OF SWEDISH LAKEWOOD $1,093.11 $20.66 – $85.85
HCA HealthONE MOUNTAIN RIDGE Thornton $570.24 $16.76 – $85.85
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $241.78 $34.62 – $65.36
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $241.78 $34.62 – $65.36

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