X-ray exam thorac spine4/>vw 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

$80.26

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.

$228.00

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.

$58.60 with Banner Health vs $256.80 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 $58.60 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $103.79 ↑ +29%
Medica Medicare Advantage $107.00 ↑ +33%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $107.00 ↑ +33%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $107.00 ↑ +33%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $107.00 ↑ +33%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $107.00 ↑ +33%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $110.21 ↑ +37%
Humana Medicare Advantage $110.21 ↑ +37%
United Healthcare UnitedHealthcare Navigate/Colorado Doctors Plan Colorado Option $112.00 ↑ +40%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $112.35 ↑ +40%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $128.40 ↑ +60%
Coventry Auto $129.96 ↑ +62%
Aetna Commercial $153.00 ↑ +91%
United Healthcare UHC Colorado Doctors Plan $155.00 ↑ +93%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $159.60 ↑ +99%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $167.78 ↑ +109%
Coventry Workers Comp $182.40 ↑ +127%
Medica Commercial $189.92 ↑ +137%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $191.25 ↑ +138%
Cigna Healthcare & Life Insurance Company – WY HMO Benefit Plan/Network Benefit Plan/Open Access Plus Benefit Plan $191.52 ↑ +139%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $193.80 ↑ +141%
Decent Health Commercial $193.80 ↑ +141%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $193.80 ↑ +141%
United Healthcare UHC Exchange $195.00 ↑ +143%
Multiplan Commercial $214.32 ↑ +167%
United Healthcare Commercial $216.00 ↑ +169%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $216.60 ↑ +170%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $225.65 ↑ +181%
Centivo Self-Funded $256.80 ↑ +220%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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