Adrenal cortex & medulla img at Sterling Regional Medical Center

615 Fairhurst Street, Sterling, CO · Banner Health · · NPI 1942238555

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 2, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$920.97

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.

$2,314.00

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.

$645.61 with Aetna vs $2,244.58 with Multiplan — 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
Aetna Medicare Advantage $645.61 ↓ -30%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $717.34 ↓ -22%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $717.34 ↓ -22%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $717.34 ↓ -22%
Medica Medicare Advantage $717.34 ↓ -22%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $717.34 ↓ -22%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $860.81 ↓ -7%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $1,124.84 ↑ +22%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway Standard $1,225.73 ↑ +33%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $1,311.98 ↑ +42%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $1,311.98 ↑ +42%
United Healthcare Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option $1,342.12 ↑ +46%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $1,351.34 ↑ +47%
Humana Medicare Advantage $1,390.70 ↑ +51%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $1,401.13 ↑ +52%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $1,443.18 ↑ +57%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $1,707.27 ↑ +85%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $1,758.41 ↑ +91%
Medica Commercial $1,927.56 ↑ +109%
United Healthcare Colorado Doctor's Plan $1,973.84 ↑ +114%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $2,082.60 ↑ +126%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $2,082.60 ↑ +126%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $2,152.02 ↑ +134%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,193.67 ↑ +138%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $2,198.30 ↑ +139%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $2,198.30 ↑ +139%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $2,198.30 ↑ +139%
Multiplan Commercial $2,244.58 ↑ +144%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP not published by hospital
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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