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Sinus CT scan (with 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

$370.98

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.

$1,145.00

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.

$88.40 with United Healthcare vs $1,087.75 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
United Healthcare Commercial $88.40 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare UHC Colorado Doctors Plan $88.40 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare UHC Exchange $88.40 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare UnitedHealthcare Navigate/Colorado Doctors Plan Colorado Option $88.40 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $173.76 ↓ -53%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $179.13 ↓ -52%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $179.13 ↓ -52%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $179.13 ↓ -52%
Medica Medicare Advantage $179.13 ↓ -52%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $179.13 ↓ -52%
Humana Medicare Advantage $184.50 ↓ -50%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $184.50 ↓ -50%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $188.09 ↓ -49%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $214.96 ↓ -42%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $280.88 ↓ -24%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $294.26 ↓ -21%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $320.18 ↓ -14%
Centivo Self-Funded $429.91 ↑ +16%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $456.78 ↑ +23%
Cigna Healthcare & Life Insurance Company – WY HMO Benefit Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plus Benefit Plan $489.00 ↑ +32%
Coventry Auto $652.65 ↑ +76%
Aetna Commercial $700.00 ↑ +89%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $742.00 ↑ +100%
Coventry Workers Comp $916.00 ↑ +147%
Medica Commercial $953.78 ↑ +157%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $973.25 ↑ +162%
Decent Health Commercial $973.25 ↑ +162%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $973.25 ↑ +162%
Multiplan Commercial $1,076.30 ↑ +190%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $1,087.75 ↑ +193%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Sinus CT scan (with contrast) at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $382.43 $173.54 – $1,087.75
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $828.90 $178.91 – $2,977.90
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $1,743.76 $48.88 – $112.52

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