Gw stiffened micro access kit 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

$3,914.37

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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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$7,876.00

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.

$26.78 with Aetna vs $93.12 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

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 $26.78 ↓ -99%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $29.76 ↓ -99%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $29.76 ↓ -99%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $29.76 ↓ -99%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $29.76 ↓ -99%
Medica Medicare Advantage $29.76 ↓ -99%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $35.71 ↓ -99%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $46.67 ↓ -99%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway Standard $50.85 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option $55.68 ↓ -99%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $58.13 ↓ -99%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $70.83 ↓ -98%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $72.95 ↓ -98%
Medica Commercial $79.97 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Colorado Doctor's Plan $81.89 ↓ -98%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $86.40 ↓ -98%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $86.40 ↓ -98%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $89.28 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Commercial $91.01 ↓ -98%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $91.20 ↓ -98%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $91.20 ↓ -98%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $91.20 ↓ -98%
Multiplan Commercial $93.12 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP not published by hospital —

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Gw stiffened micro access kit at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $1,835.11 $39.36 – $91.20
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $4,523.53 $24.67 – $91.20
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $3,914.37 $40.45 – $93.12

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