Dup scan/lwr xtr vasc stdy bilat 93924 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

$324.70

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.

$859.00

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.

$157.24 with Clear Spring Health vs $833.23 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 $157.24 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $157.24 ↓ -52%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $161.96 ↓ -50%
Humana Medicare Advantage $166.67 ↓ -49%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $172.96 ↓ -47%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $239.66 ↓ -26%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $246.55 ↓ -24%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $266.29 ↓ -18%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $266.29 ↓ -18%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $266.29 ↓ -18%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $266.29 ↓ -18%
Medica Medicare Advantage $266.29 ↓ -18%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $319.55 ↓ -2%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway Standard $455.01 ↑ +40%
United Healthcare Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option $498.22 ↑ +53%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $520.12 ↑ +60%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $633.77 ↑ +95%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $652.75 ↑ +101%
Medica Commercial $715.55 ↑ +120%
United Healthcare Colorado Doctor's Plan $732.73 ↑ +126%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $773.10 ↑ +138%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $773.10 ↑ +138%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $798.87 ↑ +146%
United Healthcare Commercial $814.33 ↑ +151%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $816.05 ↑ +151%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $816.05 ↑ +151%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $816.05 ↑ +151%
Multiplan Commercial $833.23 ↑ +157%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP not published by hospital
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Dup scan/lwr xtr vasc stdy bilat 93924 at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $332.02 $152.52 – $919.60
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $302.02 $152.72 – $919.60
AdventHealth Porter Denver $432.98 $223.22 – $421.38
HCA HealthONE MOUNTAIN RIDGE Thornton $738.47 $240.36 – $578.51
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $432.98 $223.22 – $421.38
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $432.98 $225.70 – $426.06
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $432.98 $223.22 – $421.38
AdventHealth Parker Parker $432.98 $223.22 – $421.38

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