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Pelvic MRI (without contrast) 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

$411.86

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.

$1,067.00

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.

$235.93 with United Healthcare vs $1,718.00 with United Healthcare — 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 $235.93 ↓ -43%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $243.23 ↓ -41%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $243.23 ↓ -41%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $243.23 ↓ -41%
Medica Medicare Advantage $243.23 ↓ -41%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $243.23 ↓ -41%
Humana Medicare Advantage $250.53 ↓ -39%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $250.53 ↓ -39%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $255.39 ↓ -38%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $274.22 ↓ -33%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $291.88 ↓ -29%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $381.38 ↓ -7%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $434.75 ↑ +6%
Centivo Self-Funded $583.75 ↑ +42%
Coventry Auto $608.19 ↑ +48%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $620.24 ↑ +51%
Cigna Healthcare & Life Insurance Company – WY HMO Benefit Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plus Benefit Plan $651.00 ↑ +58%
Coventry Workers Comp $853.60 ↑ +107%
United Healthcare UnitedHealthcare Navigate/Colorado Doctors Plan Colorado Option $886.00 ↑ +115%
Medica Commercial $888.81 ↑ +116%
Aetna Commercial $900.00 ↑ +119%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $906.95 ↑ +120%
Decent Health Commercial $906.95 ↑ +120%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $906.95 ↑ +120%
Multiplan Commercial $1,002.98 ↑ +144%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $1,013.65 ↑ +146%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $1,119.00 ↑ +172%
United Healthcare UHC Colorado Doctors Plan $1,237.00 ↑ +200%
United Healthcare UHC Exchange $1,546.00 ↑ +275%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,718.00 ↑ +317%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Pelvic MRI (without contrast) at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $403.33 $235.63 – $1,013.65
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $952.89 $242.92 – $2,004.99
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $1,513.04 $63.63 – $146.47

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