Bone/joint imaging ltd area 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

$446.56

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.

$1,122.00

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.

$313.04 with Aetna vs $1,088.34 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 $313.04 ↓ -30%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $347.82 ↓ -22%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $347.82 ↓ -22%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $347.82 ↓ -22%
Medica Medicare Advantage $347.82 ↓ -22%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $347.82 ↓ -22%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $403.83 ↓ -10%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $403.83 ↓ -10%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $415.94 ↓ -7%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $417.38 ↓ -7%
Humana Medicare Advantage $428.06 ↓ -4%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $444.21 ↓ -1%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $545.40 ↑ +22%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway Standard $594.32 ↑ +33%
United Healthcare Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option $650.76 ↑ +46%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $679.37 ↑ +52%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $827.81 ↑ +85%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $852.61 ↑ +91%
Medica Commercial $934.63 ↑ +109%
United Healthcare Colorado Doctor's Plan $957.07 ↑ +114%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $1,009.80 ↑ +126%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $1,009.80 ↑ +126%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $1,043.46 ↑ +134%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,063.66 ↑ +138%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $1,065.90 ↑ +139%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $1,065.90 ↑ +139%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $1,065.90 ↑ +139%
Multiplan Commercial $1,088.34 ↑ +144%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP not published by hospital
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Bone/joint imaging ltd area at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $1,078.01 $391.72 – $1,879.10
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $977.13 $392.21 – $1,879.10
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $650.76 $26.97 – $62.08
AdventHealth Porter Denver $3,446.38 $320.10 – $780.17
CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE DENVER $8,366.23 $69.33 – $848.52
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver $2,181.50 $69.33 – $1,155.34
HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE Lone Tree $11,150.00 $69.33 – $975.18
HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE PARKER $11,150.00 $69.33 – $2,155.38

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