#covid19rsv-rsv 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

$90.73

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.

$211.00

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.

$58.87 with Aetna vs $204.67 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 $58.87 ↓ -35%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $65.41 ↓ -28%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $65.41 ↓ -28%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $65.41 ↓ -28%
Medica Medicare Advantage $65.41 ↓ -28%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $65.41 ↓ -28%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $70.20 ↓ -23%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $70.20 ↓ -23%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $72.31 ↓ -20%
Humana Medicare Advantage $74.41 ↓ -18%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $77.22 ↓ -15%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $78.49 ↓ -13%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $102.57 ↑ +13%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway Standard $111.77 ↑ +23%
United Healthcare Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option $122.38 ↑ +35%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $127.76 ↑ +41%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $155.68 ↑ +72%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $160.34 ↑ +77%
Medica Commercial $175.76 ↑ +94%
United Healthcare Colorado Doctor's Plan $179.98 ↑ +98%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $189.90 ↑ +109%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $189.90 ↑ +109%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $196.23 ↑ +116%
United Healthcare Commercial $200.03 ↑ +120%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $200.45 ↑ +121%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $200.45 ↑ +121%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $200.45 ↑ +121%
Multiplan Commercial $204.67 ↑ +126%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP not published by hospital

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#covid19rsv-rsv at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $30.59 $68.09 – $200.45
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $58.87 $54.23 – $200.45
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $140.95 $88.92 – $204.67
AdventHealth Porter Denver $595.82 $68.80 – $129.87
HCA HealthONE AURORA Aurora $139.15 $37.42 – $200.85
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver $158.25 $44.72 – $200.85
HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE Lone Tree $164.38 $40.15 – $200.85
HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE PARKER $164.38 $40.15 – $200.85

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