Vital capacity test 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

$68.61

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.

$189.00

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.

$48.57 with Banner Health vs $377.86 with Centivo — 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 $48.57 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare UnitedHealthcare Navigate/Colorado Doctors Plan Colorado Option $88.45 ↑ +29%
Coventry Auto $107.73 ↑ +57%
United Healthcare UHC Colorado Doctors Plan $120.20 ↑ +75%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $121.02 ↑ +76%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $132.30 ↑ +93%
United Healthcare Commercial $150.44 ↑ +119%
United Healthcare UHC Exchange $150.44 ↑ +119%
Coventry Workers Comp $151.20 ↑ +120%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $152.72 ↑ +123%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $157.44 ↑ +129%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $157.44 ↑ +129%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $157.44 ↑ +129%
Medica Medicare Advantage $157.44 ↑ +129%
Medica Commercial $157.44 ↑ +129%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $157.44 ↑ +129%
Cigna Healthcare & Life Insurance Company – WY HMO Benefit Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plus Benefit Plan $158.76 ↑ +131%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $160.65 ↑ +134%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $160.65 ↑ +134%
Decent Health Commercial $160.65 ↑ +134%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $162.16 ↑ +136%
Humana Medicare Advantage $162.16 ↑ +136%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $165.31 ↑ +141%
Aetna Commercial $166.13 ↑ +142%
Multiplan Commercial $177.66 ↑ +159%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $179.55 ↑ +162%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $188.93 ↑ +175%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $246.87 ↑ +260%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $281.41 ↑ +310%
Centivo Self-Funded $377.86 ↑ +451%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Vital capacity test at other Colorado hospitals

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Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $56.70 $77.49 – $377.38
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $54.81 $36.66 – $84.39
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