Quant diff pulm perf and vent w/imaging 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

$904.02

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.

$1,830.00

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.

$470.31 with Banner Health vs $1,738.50 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 $470.31 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $525.38 ↓ -42%
Medica Medicare Advantage $541.63 ↓ -40%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $541.63 ↓ -40%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $541.63 ↓ -40%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $541.63 ↓ -40%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $541.63 ↓ -40%
Humana Medicare Advantage $557.88 ↓ -38%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $557.88 ↓ -38%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $568.71 ↓ -37%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $649.96 ↓ -28%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $849.28 ↓ -6%
United Healthcare UnitedHealthcare Navigate/Colorado Doctors Plan Colorado Option $856.44 ↓ -5%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $968.11 ↑ +7%
Coventry Auto $1,043.10 ↑ +15%
United Healthcare UHC Colorado Doctors Plan $1,163.88 ↑ +29%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $1,281.00 ↑ +42%
Centivo Self-Funded $1,299.91 ↑ +44%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $1,363.90 ↑ +51%
United Healthcare UHC Exchange $1,456.68 ↑ +61%
Coventry Workers Comp $1,464.00 ↑ +62%
Medica Commercial $1,524.39 ↑ +69%
Cigna Healthcare & Life Insurance Company – WY HMO Benefit Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plus Benefit Plan $1,537.20 ↑ +70%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $1,555.50 ↑ +72%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $1,555.50 ↑ +72%
Decent Health Commercial $1,555.50 ↑ +72%
Aetna Commercial $1,608.57 ↑ +78%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,617.72 ↑ +79%
Multiplan Commercial $1,720.20 ↑ +90%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $1,738.50 ↑ +92%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Quant diff pulm perf and vent w/imaging at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $997.35 $524.72 – $1,738.50
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $618.49 $433.57 – $1,507.38
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AdventHealth Porter Denver $3,879.26 $425.15 – $1,059.62
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