Diagnostic laryngoscopy 31575 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

$124.82

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.

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$293.00

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.

$81.75 with Aetna vs $284.21 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
Aetna Medicare Advantage $81.75 ↓ -35%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $90.83 ↓ -27%
Medica Medicare Advantage $90.83 ↓ -27%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $90.83 ↓ -27%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $90.83 ↓ -27%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $90.83 ↓ -27%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $109.00 ↓ -13%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $142.43 ↑ +14%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway Standard $155.20 ↑ +24%
United Healthcare Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option $169.94 ↑ +36%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $177.41 ↑ +42%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $195.11 ↑ +56%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $195.11 ↑ +56%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $200.96 ↑ +61%
Humana Medicare Advantage $206.82 ↑ +66%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $214.62 ↑ +72%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $216.18 ↑ +73%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $222.65 ↑ +78%
Medica Commercial $244.07 ↑ +96%
United Healthcare Colorado Doctor's Plan $249.93 ↑ +100%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $263.70 ↑ +111%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $263.70 ↑ +111%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $272.49 ↑ +118%
United Healthcare Commercial $277.76 ↑ +123%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $278.35 ↑ +123%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $278.35 ↑ +123%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $278.35 ↑ +123%
Multiplan Commercial $284.21 ↑ +128%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP not published by hospital

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Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $182.42 $189.26 – $13,923.00
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