Evaluation of speech fluency 92521 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

$290.78

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.

$335.00

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.

$93.47 with Aetna vs $324.95 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 $93.47 ↓ -68%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $103.85 ↓ -64%
Medica Medicare Advantage $103.85 ↓ -64%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $103.85 ↓ -64%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $103.85 ↓ -64%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $103.85 ↓ -64%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $124.62 ↓ -57%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $162.84 ↓ -44%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway Standard $177.45 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option $194.30 ↓ -33%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $202.84 ↓ -30%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $247.16 ↓ -15%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $254.57 ↓ -12%
Medica Commercial $279.06 ↓ -4%
United Healthcare Colorado Doctor's Plan $285.75 ↓ -2%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $301.50 ↑ +4%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $301.50 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $311.55 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare Commercial $317.58 ↑ +9%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $318.25 ↑ +9%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $318.25 ↑ +9%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $318.25 ↑ +9%
Multiplan Commercial $324.95 ↑ +12%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP not published by hospital

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Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $145.50 $188.19 – $436.05
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