Pr biopsy skin punch single lesion 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

$192.66

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.

$431.00

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.

$110.77 with Banner Health vs $8,568.00 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 $110.77 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare UnitedHealthcare Navigate/Colorado Doctors Plan Colorado Option $201.71 ↑ +5%
Coventry Auto $245.67 ↑ +28%
United Healthcare UHC Colorado Doctors Plan $274.12 ↑ +42%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $301.70 ↑ +57%
United Healthcare UHC Exchange $343.08 ↑ +78%
Coventry Workers Comp $344.80 ↑ +79%
Medica Commercial $359.02 ↑ +86%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $366.35 ↑ +90%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $366.35 ↑ +90%
Decent Health Commercial $366.35 ↑ +90%
Cigna Healthcare & Life Insurance Company – WY HMO Benefit Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plus Benefit Plan $366.35 ↑ +90%
United Healthcare Commercial $381.00 ↑ +98%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $389.96 ↑ +102%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $402.02 ↑ +109%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $402.02 ↑ +109%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $402.02 ↑ +109%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $402.02 ↑ +109%
Medica Medicare Advantage $402.02 ↑ +109%
Multiplan Commercial $405.14 ↑ +110%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $409.45 ↑ +113%
Humana Medicare Advantage $414.08 ↑ +115%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $414.08 ↑ +115%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $422.12 ↑ +119%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $482.42 ↑ +150%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $630.37 ↑ +227%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $718.57 ↑ +273%
Centivo Self-Funded $964.85 ↑ +401%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $3,990.00 ↑ +1971%
Aetna Commercial $8,568.00 ↑ +4347%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Pr biopsy skin punch single lesion at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $169.81 $176.71 – $8,568.00
AdventHealth Porter Denver $730.08 $82.62 – $1,083.00
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $730.08 $82.62 – $1,083.00
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $730.08 $82.62 – $1,083.00
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $730.08 $82.62 – $1,083.00
AdventHealth Parker Parker $730.08 $82.62 – $1,083.00
HCA HealthONE AURORA Aurora not published $613.57 – $639.40
CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE DENVER not published $613.57 – $639.40

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