Hydrocortisone in ns IV syringe 1 mg/ml (neo/ped) - cnr 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

$11.31

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.

$58.00

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.

$16.18 with Aetna vs $56.26 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 $16.18 ↑ +43%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $17.98 ↑ +59%
Medica Medicare Advantage $17.98 ↑ +59%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $17.98 ↑ +59%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $17.98 ↑ +59%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $17.98 ↑ +59%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $21.58 ↑ +91%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $28.19 ↑ +149%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway Standard $30.72 ↑ +172%
United Healthcare Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option $33.64 ↑ +197%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $35.12 ↑ +211%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $42.79 ↑ +278%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $44.07 ↑ +290%
Medica Commercial $48.31 ↑ +327%
United Healthcare Colorado Doctor's Plan $49.47 ↑ +337%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $52.20 ↑ +362%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $52.20 ↑ +362%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $53.94 ↑ +377%
United Healthcare Commercial $54.98 ↑ +386%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $55.10 ↑ +387%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $55.10 ↑ +387%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $55.10 ↑ +387%
Multiplan Commercial $56.26 ↑ +397%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP not published by hospital

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Hydrocortisone in ns IV syringe 1 mg/ml (neo/ped) - cnr at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $7.27 $18.86 – $69.73
AdventHealth Porter Denver not published $21.75 – $38.52
HCA HealthONE AURORA Aurora not published $23.30 – $66.18
CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE DENVER not published $21.50 – $66.18
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver not published $23.30 – $36.40
HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE Lone Tree not published $23.30 – $66.18
HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE PARKER not published $19.96 – $66.18
HCA HealthONE BELMAR ER, A PART OF SWEDISH LAKEWOOD not published $23.30 – $66.18

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