Chest 2 vws w oblique 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

$265.23

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.

$538.00

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.

$106.87 with Clear Spring Health vs $521.86 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
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $106.87 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $106.87 ↓ -60%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $110.08 ↓ -58%
Humana Medicare Advantage $113.28 ↓ -57%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $117.56 ↓ -56%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $150.10 ↓ -43%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $166.78 ↓ -37%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $166.78 ↓ -37%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $166.78 ↓ -37%
Medica Medicare Advantage $166.78 ↓ -37%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $166.78 ↓ -37%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $167.57 ↓ -37%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $200.14 ↓ -25%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $276.42 ↑ +4%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $276.42 ↑ +4%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway Standard $284.98 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option $312.04 ↑ +18%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $325.76 ↑ +23%
Medica Commercial $448.15 ↑ +69%
United Healthcare Colorado Doctor's Plan $458.91 ↑ +73%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $484.20 ↑ +83%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $484.20 ↑ +83%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $500.34 ↑ +89%
United Healthcare Commercial $510.02 ↑ +92%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $511.10 ↑ +93%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $511.10 ↑ +93%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $511.10 ↑ +93%
Multiplan Commercial $521.86 ↑ +97%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP not published by hospital
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Chest 2 vws w oblique at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $146.12 $103.66 – $256.49
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $104.00 $66.82 – $256.80
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $312.58 $14.33 – $32.98
AdventHealth Porter Denver $1,413.04 $57.07 – $204.02
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver $2,036.25 $36.28 – $317.72
HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION Denver $1,201.78 $169.18 – $245.18
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $1,413.04 $57.07 – $204.02
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $1,413.04 $57.07 – $206.29

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