CT limited or localized follow-up study 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

$428.98

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.

$993.00

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.

$88.49 with Clear Spring Health vs $963.21 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 $88.49 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $88.49 ↓ -79%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $91.14 ↓ -79%
Humana Medicare Advantage $93.80 ↓ -78%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $97.34 ↓ -77%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $138.75 ↓ -68%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $277.05 ↓ -35%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $307.83 ↓ -28%
Medica Medicare Advantage $307.83 ↓ -28%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $307.83 ↓ -28%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $307.83 ↓ -28%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $307.83 ↓ -28%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $369.40 ↓ -14%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway Standard $525.99 ↑ +23%
United Healthcare Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option $575.94 ↑ +34%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $601.26 ↑ +40%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $732.64 ↑ +71%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $754.58 ↑ +76%
Medica Commercial $827.17 ↑ +93%
United Healthcare Colorado Doctor's Plan $847.03 ↑ +97%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $893.70 ↑ +108%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $893.70 ↑ +108%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $923.49 ↑ +115%
United Healthcare Commercial $941.36 ↑ +119%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $943.35 ↑ +120%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $943.35 ↑ +120%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $943.35 ↑ +120%
Multiplan Commercial $963.21 ↑ +125%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP not published by hospital
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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CT limited or localized follow-up study at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $320.54 $85.84 – $700.00
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $218.55 $85.94 – $700.00
AdventHealth Porter Denver $2,956.93 $89.97 – $169.83
HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE PARKER $3,941.00 $110.05 – $2,619.15
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $2,956.93 $89.97 – $169.83
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $2,956.93 $90.96 – $171.72
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $2,956.93 $89.97 – $169.83
AdventHealth Parker Parker $2,956.93 $89.97 – $169.83

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