Design mlc device for imrt 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

$224.22

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.

$392.00

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.

$109.37 with Aetna vs $404.68 with Devoted Health Services — 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 $109.37 ↓ -51%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $121.52 ↓ -46%
Medica Medicare Advantage $121.52 ↓ -46%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $121.52 ↓ -46%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $121.52 ↓ -46%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $121.52 ↓ -46%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $145.82 ↓ -35%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $190.55 ↓ -15%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway Standard $207.64 ↓ -7%
United Healthcare Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option $227.36 ↑ +1%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $237.36 ↑ +6%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $289.22 ↑ +29%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $297.88 ↑ +33%
Medica Commercial $326.54 ↑ +46%
United Healthcare Colorado Doctor's Plan $334.38 ↑ +49%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $352.80 ↑ +57%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $352.80 ↑ +57%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $364.56 ↑ +63%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $367.89 ↑ +64%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $367.89 ↑ +64%
United Healthcare Commercial $371.62 ↑ +66%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $372.40 ↑ +66%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $372.40 ↑ +66%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $372.40 ↑ +66%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $378.93 ↑ +69%
Multiplan Commercial $380.24 ↑ +70%
Humana Medicare Advantage $389.96 ↑ +74%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $404.68 ↑ +80%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP not published by hospital

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