Version cephalic external 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

$520.70

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.

$635.00

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.

$163.19 with Banner Health vs $7,984.00 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
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $163.19 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare UnitedHealthcare Navigate/Colorado Doctors Plan Colorado Option $297.18 ↓ -43%
Coventry Auto $361.95 ↓ -30%
United Healthcare UHC Colorado Doctors Plan $403.86 ↓ -22%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $444.50 ↓ -15%
United Healthcare UHC Exchange $505.46 ↓ -3%
Coventry Workers Comp $508.00 ↓ -2%
Medica Commercial $528.96 ↑ +2%
Cigna Healthcare & Life Insurance Company – WY HMO Benefit Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plus Benefit Plan $533.40 ↑ +2%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $539.75 ↑ +4%
Decent Health Commercial $539.75 ↑ +4%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $539.75 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $558.16 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare Commercial $561.34 ↑ +8%
Multiplan Commercial $596.90 ↑ +15%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $603.25 ↑ +16%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $3,103.39 ↑ +496%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $3,199.37 ↑ +514%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $3,199.37 ↑ +514%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $3,199.37 ↑ +514%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $3,199.37 ↑ +514%
Medica Medicare Advantage $3,199.37 ↑ +514%
Humana Medicare Advantage $3,295.35 ↑ +533%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $3,295.35 ↑ +533%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $3,359.34 ↑ +545%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $3,839.24 ↑ +637%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $5,016.61 ↑ +863%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $5,718.55 ↑ +998%
Centivo Self-Funded $7,678.49 ↑ +1375%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $7,984.00 ↑ +1433%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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