Consultation pathology during surgery cytological exam initial site at Sterling Regional Medical Center
615 Fairhurst Street, Sterling, CO · Banner Health · · NPI 1942238555
$723.07
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.
$1,614.00
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.
$450.31 with Aetna vs $1,565.58 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.
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 | $450.31 | ↓ -38% |
| Medicare | Traditional Medicare | $500.34 | ↓ -31% |
| Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado | Medicare | $500.34 | ↓ -31% |
| Medica | Medicare Advantage | $500.34 | ↓ -31% |
| HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $500.34 | ↓ -31% |
| Banner Health | Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select | $500.34 | ↓ -31% |
| Assist Health Group | AHG Specialty Network | $600.41 | ↓ -17% |
| Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp | Pinnacol Assurance WC | $784.57 | ↑ +9% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $820.97 | ↑ +14% |
| Clear Spring Health | Medicare Advantage | $820.97 | ↑ +14% |
| Longevity | Medicare Advantage | $845.60 | ↑ +17% |
| Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado | Pathway Standard | $854.94 | ↑ +18% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $870.23 | ↑ +20% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $903.07 | ↑ +25% |
| United Healthcare | Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option | $936.12 | ↑ +29% |
| Denver Health Medical Plan | Commercial | $977.28 | ↑ +35% |
| Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado | Pathway | $1,190.81 | ↑ +65% |
| Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado | Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity | $1,226.48 | ↑ +70% |
| Medica | Commercial | $1,344.46 | ↑ +86% |
| United Healthcare | Colorado Doctor's Plan | $1,376.74 | ↑ +90% |
| Apostrophe, Inc. | Commercial | $1,452.60 | ↑ +101% |
| First Choice Health Network | Commercial | $1,452.60 | ↑ +101% |
| Aetna | Commercial/Medical Rental | $1,501.02 | ↑ +108% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $1,530.07 | ↑ +112% |
| First Choice of the Midwest | Commercial | $1,533.30 | ↑ +112% |
| Rocky Mountain Health Plans | Private Plan/Self Insured Plan | $1,533.30 | ↑ +112% |
| Hue Health, Inc | Medicare Advantage | $1,533.30 | ↑ +112% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $1,565.58 | ↑ +117% |
| Molina Healthcare | Medicaid/CHIP | not published by hospital | — |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Consultation pathology during surgery cytological exam initial site at other Colorado hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Fort Collins Medical Center | Fort Collins | $790.22 | $500.61 – $1,970.33 |
| Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus | Loveland | $741.74 | $415.31 – $1,972.80 |
| East Morgan County Hospital | Brush | $1,052.33 | $680.14 – $1,565.58 |
| HCA HealthONE AURORA | Aurora | $666.83 | $17.34 – $1,594.44 |
| CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE | DENVER | $553.00 | $14.80 – $1,594.44 |
| HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's | Denver | $734.75 | $20.73 – $1,594.44 |
| HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE | Lone Tree | $3,658.08 | $18.61 – $1,594.44 |
| HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE | PARKER | $3,658.08 | $18.61 – $1,594.44 |