Str markers specimen anal 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

$616.46

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.

$1,427.00

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.

$179.90 with Banner Health vs $665.00 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 $179.90 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $226.08 ↓ -63%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $233.07 ↓ -62%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $233.07 ↓ -62%
Medica Medicare Advantage $233.07 ↓ -62%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $233.07 ↓ -62%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $233.07 ↓ -62%
Humana Medicare Advantage $240.06 ↓ -61%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $240.06 ↓ -61%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $244.72 ↓ -60%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $279.68 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare UnitedHealthcare Navigate/Colorado Doctors Plan Colorado Option $327.60 ↓ -47%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $365.45 ↓ -41%
Coventry Auto $399.00 ↓ -35%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $416.59 ↓ -32%
United Healthcare UHC Colorado Doctors Plan $445.20 ↓ -28%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $466.14 ↓ -24%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $490.00 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare Commercial $557.20 ↓ -10%
United Healthcare UHC Exchange $557.20 ↓ -10%
Centivo Self-Funded $559.37 ↓ -9%
Cigna Healthcare & Life Insurance Company – WY HMO Benefit Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plus Benefit Plan $560.00 ↓ -9%
Coventry Workers Comp $560.00 ↓ -9%
Medica Commercial $583.10 ↓ -5%
Decent Health Commercial $595.00 ↓ -3%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $595.00 ↓ -3%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $595.00 ↓ -3%
Aetna Commercial $615.30 ↓ -0%
Multiplan Commercial $658.00 ↑ +7%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $665.00 ↑ +8%

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