Bone marrow biopsyneedle/trocar 38221 at Sterling Regional Medical Center
615 Fairhurst Street, Sterling, CO · Banner Health · · NPI 1942238555
$802.75
Cash price 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.
$1,808.00
Gross charge 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.
$336.19 with Aetna vs $1,791.14 with Devoted Health Services — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $336.19 | ↓ -58% |
| Medicare | Traditional Medicare | $373.55 | ↓ -53% |
| Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado | Medicare | $373.55 | ↓ -53% |
| HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $373.55 | ↓ -53% |
| Medica | Medicare Advantage | $373.55 | ↓ -53% |
| Banner Health | Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select | $373.55 | ↓ -53% |
| Assist Health Group | AHG Specialty Network | $448.26 | ↓ -44% |
| Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp | Pinnacol Assurance WC | $585.75 | ↓ -27% |
| Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado | Pathway Standard | $638.29 | ↓ -20% |
| United Healthcare | Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option | $698.90 | ↓ -13% |
| Denver Health Medical Plan | Commercial | $729.63 | ↓ -9% |
| Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado | Pathway | $889.05 | ↑ +11% |
| Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado | Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity | $915.68 | ↑ +14% |
| Medica | Commercial | $1,003.76 | ↑ +25% |
| United Healthcare | Colorado Doctor's Plan | $1,027.87 | ↑ +28% |
| First Choice Health Network | Commercial | $1,084.50 | ↑ +35% |
| Apostrophe, Inc. | Commercial | $1,084.50 | ↑ +35% |
| Aetna | Commercial/Medical Rental | $1,120.65 | ↑ +40% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $1,142.34 | ↑ +42% |
| Hue Health, Inc | Medicare Advantage | $1,144.75 | ↑ +43% |
| First Choice of the Midwest | Commercial | $1,144.75 | ↑ +43% |
| Rocky Mountain Health Plans | Private Plan/Self Insured Plan | $1,144.75 | ↑ +43% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $1,168.85 | ↑ +46% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $1,628.31 | ↑ +103% |
| Clear Spring Health | Medicare Advantage | $1,628.31 | ↑ +103% |
| Longevity | Medicare Advantage | $1,677.16 | ↑ +109% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $1,726.01 | ↑ +115% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $1,791.14 | ↑ +123% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
| Molina Healthcare | Medicaid/CHIP | not published by hospital | — |
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Bone marrow biopsyneedle/trocar 38221 at other Colorado hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner Fort Collins Medical Center | Fort Collins | $712.35 | $494.05 – $8,568.00 |
| Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus | Loveland | $808.18 | $309.69 – $8,568.00 |
| AdventHealth Porter | Denver | $9,350.70 | $122.65 – $3,223.15 |
| AdventHealth Littleton | Littleton | $9,350.70 | $122.65 – $3,223.15 |
| AdventHealth Avista | Louisville | $9,350.70 | $122.65 – $3,258.92 |
| AdventHealth Castle Rock | Castle Rock | $9,350.70 | $122.65 – $3,223.15 |
| AdventHealth Parker | Parker | $9,350.70 | $122.65 – $3,223.15 |
| HCA HealthONE AURORA | Aurora | not published | $2,494.78 – $2,599.82 |