Myelography l-s spine 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

$511.10

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.

$1,452.00

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.

$112.00 with United Healthcare vs $1,907.98 with Centivo — 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 UnitedHealthcare Navigate/Colorado Doctors Plan Colorado Option $112.00 ↓ -78%
Aetna Commercial $153.00 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare UHC Colorado Doctors Plan $155.00 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare UHC Exchange $195.00 ↓ -62%
United Healthcare Commercial $216.00 ↓ -58%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $373.16 ↓ -27%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $543.90 ↑ +6%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $771.14 ↑ +51%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $794.99 ↑ +56%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $794.99 ↑ +56%
Medica Medicare Advantage $794.99 ↑ +56%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $794.99 ↑ +56%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $794.99 ↑ +56%
Humana Medicare Advantage $818.84 ↑ +60%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $818.84 ↑ +60%
Coventry Auto $827.64 ↑ +62%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $834.74 ↑ +63%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $953.99 ↑ +87%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $1,016.40 ↑ +99%
Coventry Workers Comp $1,161.60 ↑ +127%
Medica Commercial $1,209.52 ↑ +137%
Cigna Healthcare & Life Insurance Company – WY HMO Benefit Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plus Benefit Plan $1,219.68 ↑ +139%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $1,234.20 ↑ +141%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $1,234.20 ↑ +141%
Decent Health Commercial $1,234.20 ↑ +141%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $1,246.54 ↑ +144%
Multiplan Commercial $1,364.88 ↑ +167%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $1,379.40 ↑ +170%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $1,420.97 ↑ +178%
Centivo Self-Funded $1,907.98 ↑ +273%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Myelography l-s spine at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $756.49 $106.00 – $1,905.58
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $989.55 $613.52 – $2,133.03
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $1,460.14 $77.96 – $179.45
AdventHealth Porter Denver $3,137.10 $125.97 – $1,529.85
CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE DENVER $5,085.00 $99.07 – $1,609.16
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver $3,371.50 $99.07 – $2,201.88
HCA HealthONE MOUNTAIN RIDGE Thornton $9,003.84 $99.07 – $1,609.16
HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION Denver $3,158.21 $1,215.81 – $1,609.16

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