Aspirate bladder/sprapubic cath 51102 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

$1,814.33

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.

$4,259.00

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.

$1,188.26 with Aetna vs $4,131.23 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 $1,188.26 ↓ -35%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $1,320.29 ↓ -27%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $1,320.29 ↓ -27%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $1,320.29 ↓ -27%
Medica Medicare Advantage $1,320.29 ↓ -27%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $1,320.29 ↓ -27%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $1,584.35 ↓ -13%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $2,058.71 ↑ +13%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $2,058.71 ↑ +13%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $2,070.30 ↑ +14%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $2,120.47 ↑ +17%
Humana Medicare Advantage $2,182.23 ↑ +20%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway Standard $2,255.99 ↑ +24%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $2,264.58 ↑ +25%
United Healthcare Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option $2,470.22 ↑ +36%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $2,578.82 ↑ +42%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $3,142.29 ↑ +73%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $3,236.41 ↑ +78%
Medica Commercial $3,547.75 ↑ +96%
United Healthcare Colorado Doctor's Plan $3,632.93 ↑ +100%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $3,833.10 ↑ +111%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $3,833.10 ↑ +111%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $3,960.87 ↑ +118%
United Healthcare Commercial $4,037.53 ↑ +123%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $4,046.05 ↑ +123%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $4,046.05 ↑ +123%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $4,046.05 ↑ +123%
Multiplan Commercial $4,131.23 ↑ +128%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP not published by hospital
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Aspirate bladder/sprapubic cath 51102 at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $1,481.44 $1,541.60 – $8,568.00
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $1,680.72 $966.32 – $8,568.00
AdventHealth Porter Denver $9,133.25 $248.05 – $4,079.46
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $9,133.25 $248.05 – $4,079.46
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $9,133.25 $248.05 – $4,124.73
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $9,133.25 $248.05 – $4,079.46
AdventHealth Parker Parker $9,133.25 $248.05 – $4,079.46
HCA HealthONE AURORA Aurora not published $3,134.16 – $3,266.13

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