MRI breast w IV cont bi 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

$912.50

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.

$2,364.00

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.

$607.55 with Banner Health vs $2,245.80 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 $607.55 ↓ -33%
Cigna Healthcare & Life Insurance Company – WY HMO Benefit Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plus Benefit Plan $651.00 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare UnitedHealthcare Navigate/Colorado Doctors Plan Colorado Option $886.00 ↓ -3%
Aetna Commercial $900.00 ↓ -1%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $1,119.00 ↑ +23%
Centivo Self-Funded $1,182.00 ↑ +30%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $1,182.00 ↑ +30%
United Healthcare UHC Colorado Doctors Plan $1,237.00 ↑ +36%
Coventry Auto $1,347.48 ↑ +48%
United Healthcare UHC Exchange $1,546.00 ↑ +69%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $1,654.80 ↑ +81%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,718.00 ↑ +88%
Coventry Workers Comp $1,891.20 ↑ +107%
Medica Commercial $1,969.21 ↑ +116%
Decent Health Commercial $2,009.40 ↑ +120%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $2,009.40 ↑ +120%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $2,009.40 ↑ +120%
Multiplan Commercial $2,222.16 ↑ +144%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $2,245.80 ↑ +146%

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MRI breast w IV cont bi at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $893.59 $867.00 – $2,245.80
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $1,243.32 $752.46 – $2,616.09
AdventHealth Porter Denver $4,113.21 $439.44 – $635.92
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $4,113.21 $439.44 – $635.92
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $4,113.21 $439.44 – $635.92
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $4,113.21 $439.44 – $635.92
AdventHealth Parker Parker $4,113.21 $439.44 – $635.92
HCA HealthONE AURORA Aurora not published $261.32 – $635.92

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