Ghs chemo >8 hrs 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

$147.13

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.

$424.00

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.

$118.30 with Aetna vs $411.28 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 $118.30 ↓ -20%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $131.44 ↓ -11%
Medica Medicare Advantage $131.44 ↓ -11%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $131.44 ↓ -11%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $131.44 ↓ -11%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $131.44 ↓ -11%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $157.73 ↑ +7%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $206.11 ↑ +40%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway Standard $224.59 ↑ +53%
United Healthcare Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option $245.92 ↑ +67%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $256.73 ↑ +74%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $312.83 ↑ +113%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $322.20 ↑ +119%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $333.34 ↑ +127%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $333.34 ↑ +127%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $343.34 ↑ +133%
Medica Commercial $353.19 ↑ +140%
Humana Medicare Advantage $353.34 ↑ +140%
United Healthcare Colorado Doctor's Plan $361.67 ↑ +146%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $366.67 ↑ +149%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $381.60 ↑ +159%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $381.60 ↑ +159%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $394.32 ↑ +168%
United Healthcare Commercial $401.95 ↑ +173%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $402.80 ↑ +174%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $402.80 ↑ +174%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $402.80 ↑ +174%
Multiplan Commercial $411.28 ↑ +180%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP not published by hospital

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Ghs chemo >8 hrs at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $247.59 $168.34 – $801.02
AdventHealth Porter Denver $923.21 $222.08 – $644.60
HCA HealthONE AURORA Aurora $1,334.22 $521.13 – $543.07
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver $2,376.00 $521.13 – $543.07
HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE Lone Tree $3,830.75 $521.13 – $543.07
HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE PARKER $3,830.75 $152.95 – $543.07
HCA HealthONE BELMAR ER, A PART OF SWEDISH LAKEWOOD $2,349.48 $521.13 – $543.07
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $923.21 $222.08 – $644.60

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