Ghs myocardial strain img spckl track 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

$244.76

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.

$580.00

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.

$161.82 with Aetna vs $562.60 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 $161.82 ↓ -34%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $179.80 ↓ -27%
Medica Medicare Advantage $179.80 ↓ -27%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $179.80 ↓ -27%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $179.80 ↓ -27%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $179.80 ↓ -27%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $215.76 ↓ -12%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $281.94 ↑ +15%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway Standard $307.23 ↑ +26%
United Healthcare Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option $336.40 ↑ +37%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $351.19 ↑ +43%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $427.92 ↑ +75%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $440.74 ↑ +80%
Medica Commercial $483.14 ↑ +97%
United Healthcare Colorado Doctor's Plan $494.74 ↑ +102%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $522.00 ↑ +113%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $522.00 ↑ +113%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $539.40 ↑ +120%
United Healthcare Commercial $549.84 ↑ +125%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $551.00 ↑ +125%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $551.00 ↑ +125%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $551.00 ↑ +125%
Multiplan Commercial $562.60 ↑ +130%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP not published by hospital

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Ghs myocardial strain img spckl track at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $229.68 $62.87 – $2,054.00
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $203.00 $62.87 – $2,054.00
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $363.66 $244.41 – $562.60
AdventHealth Porter Denver $484.53 $20.64 – $20.64
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $484.53 $20.64 – $20.64
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $484.53 $20.64 – $20.64
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $484.53 $20.64 – $20.64
AdventHealth Parker Parker $484.53 $20.64 – $20.64

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