Pq vrtbrplst 1 bdy inj lmb-scr w/img ini 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

$3,066.42

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.

$6,860.00

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.

$1,763.02 with Banner Health vs $29,531.00 with Aetna — 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 $1,763.02 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $3,166.91 ↑ +3%
Medica Medicare Advantage $3,264.86 ↑ +6%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $3,264.86 ↑ +6%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $3,264.86 ↑ +6%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $3,264.86 ↑ +6%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $3,264.86 ↑ +6%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $3,362.81 ↑ +10%
Humana Medicare Advantage $3,362.81 ↑ +10%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $3,428.10 ↑ +12%
Coventry Auto $3,910.20 ↑ +28%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $3,917.83 ↑ +28%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $4,802.00 ↑ +57%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $5,119.30 ↑ +67%
Coventry Workers Comp $5,488.00 ↑ +79%
Medica Commercial $5,714.38 ↑ +86%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $5,831.00 ↑ +90%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $5,831.00 ↑ +90%
Cigna Healthcare & Life Insurance Company – WY HMO Benefit Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plus Benefit Plan $5,831.00 ↑ +90%
Decent Health Commercial $5,831.00 ↑ +90%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $5,835.61 ↑ +90%
Multiplan Commercial $6,448.40 ↑ +110%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $6,517.00 ↑ +113%
Centivo Self-Funded $7,835.66 ↑ +156%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $12,545.00 ↑ +309%
Aetna Commercial $29,531.00 ↑ +863%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Pq vrtbrplst 1 bdy inj lmb-scr w/img ini at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
AdventHealth Porter Denver $16,778.05 $715.63 – $6,385.42
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $16,778.05 $715.63 – $6,385.42
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $16,778.05 $715.63 – $6,456.30
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $16,778.05 $715.63 – $6,385.42
AdventHealth Parker Parker $16,778.05 $715.63 – $6,385.42
HCA HealthONE AURORA Aurora not published $4,980.71 – $5,190.42
CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE DENVER not published $4,980.71 – $5,190.42
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver not published $4,980.71 – $5,190.42

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