Surgical pathology level 4 gross & microscopic examination 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

$86.93

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.

$206.00

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.

$52.15 with United Healthcare vs $395.94 with Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado — 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 UHC Medicare Advantage $52.15 ↓ -40%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $52.94 ↓ -39%
Medica Medicare Advantage $53.76 ↓ -38%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $53.76 ↓ -38%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $53.76 ↓ -38%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $53.76 ↓ -38%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $53.76 ↓ -38%
Humana Medicare Advantage $55.37 ↓ -36%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $55.37 ↓ -36%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $56.45 ↓ -35%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $64.51 ↓ -26%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $84.30 ↓ -3%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $96.09 ↑ +11%
United Healthcare UnitedHealthcare Navigate/Colorado Doctors Plan Colorado Option $96.41 ↑ +11%
Coventry Auto $117.42 ↑ +35%
Centivo Self-Funded $129.02 ↑ +48%
United Healthcare UHC Colorado Doctors Plan $131.02 ↑ +51%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $137.09 ↑ +58%
United Healthcare UHC Exchange $163.98 ↑ +89%
United Healthcare Commercial $163.98 ↑ +89%
Coventry Workers Comp $164.80 ↑ +90%
Cigna Healthcare & Life Insurance Company – WY HMO Benefit Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plus Benefit Plan $164.80 ↑ +90%
Medica Commercial $171.60 ↑ +97%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $175.10 ↑ +101%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $175.10 ↑ +101%
Decent Health Commercial $175.10 ↑ +101%
Aetna Commercial $181.07 ↑ +108%
Multiplan Commercial $193.64 ↑ +123%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $195.70 ↑ +125%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $395.94 ↑ +355%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $100.12 $52.09 – $195.70
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $53.24 $30.13 – $104.76
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