Cardiac perf spect sgl/ef/wm rst/strs 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

$1,641.75

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.

$4,125.00

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.

$1,150.88 with Aetna vs $4,001.25 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 $1,150.88 ↓ -30%
Medica Medicare Advantage $1,278.75 ↓ -22%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $1,278.75 ↓ -22%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $1,278.75 ↓ -22%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $1,278.75 ↓ -22%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $1,278.75 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $1,311.98 ↓ -20%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $1,311.98 ↓ -20%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $1,351.34 ↓ -18%
Humana Medicare Advantage $1,390.70 ↓ -15%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $1,443.18 ↓ -12%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $1,534.50 ↓ -7%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $1,860.54 ↑ +13%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $1,860.54 ↑ +13%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $2,005.16 ↑ +22%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway Standard $2,185.01 ↑ +33%
United Healthcare Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option $2,392.50 ↑ +46%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $2,497.69 ↑ +52%
Medica Commercial $3,436.12 ↑ +109%
United Healthcare Colorado Doctor's Plan $3,518.62 ↑ +114%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $3,712.50 ↑ +126%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $3,712.50 ↑ +126%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $3,836.25 ↑ +134%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,910.50 ↑ +138%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $3,918.75 ↑ +139%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $3,918.75 ↑ +139%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $3,918.75 ↑ +139%
Multiplan Commercial $4,001.25 ↑ +144%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP not published by hospital
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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