I131 iodide cap, rx at Sterling Regional Medical Center
615 Fairhurst Street, Sterling, CO · Banner Health · · NPI 1942238555
$47.69
Cash price 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.
$93.00
Gross charge 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.
$23.13 with Clear Spring Health vs $90.21 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clear Spring Health | Medicare Advantage | $23.13 | ↓ -51% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $23.13 | ↓ -51% |
| Longevity | Medicare Advantage | $23.82 | ↓ -50% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $24.52 | ↓ -49% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $25.44 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $25.95 | ↓ -46% |
| Banner Health | Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select | $28.83 | ↓ -40% |
| Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado | Medicare | $28.83 | ↓ -40% |
| Medicare | Traditional Medicare | $28.83 | ↓ -40% |
| Medica | Medicare Advantage | $28.83 | ↓ -40% |
| HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $28.83 | ↓ -40% |
| Assist Health Group | AHG Specialty Network | $34.60 | ↓ -27% |
| Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp | Pinnacol Assurance WC | $36.27 | ↓ -24% |
| Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado | Pathway Standard | $49.26 | ↑ +3% |
| Denver Health Medical Plan | Commercial | $56.31 | ↑ +18% |
| Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado | Pathway | $68.62 | ↑ +44% |
| Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado | Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity | $70.67 | ↑ +48% |
| Medica | Commercial | $77.47 | ↑ +62% |
| United Healthcare | Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option | $77.66 | ↑ +63% |
| United Healthcare | Colorado Doctor's Plan | $79.33 | ↑ +66% |
| First Choice Health Network | Commercial | $83.70 | ↑ +76% |
| Apostrophe, Inc. | Commercial | $83.70 | ↑ +76% |
| Aetna | Commercial/Medical Rental | $86.49 | ↑ +81% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $88.16 | ↑ +85% |
| Hue Health, Inc | Medicare Advantage | $88.35 | ↑ +85% |
| First Choice of the Midwest | Commercial | $88.35 | ↑ +85% |
| Rocky Mountain Health Plans | Private Plan/Self Insured Plan | $88.35 | ↑ +85% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $90.21 | ↑ +89% |
| Molina Healthcare | Medicaid/CHIP | not published by hospital | — |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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I131 iodide cap, rx at other Colorado hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner Fort Collins Medical Center | Fort Collins | $20.94 | $0.02 – $55.51 |
| Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus | Loveland | $21.34 | $0.02 – $55.51 |
| East Morgan County Hospital | Brush | $34.96 | $21.07 – $48.50 |
| HCA HealthONE AURORA | Aurora | $303.75 | $34.47 – $72.21 |
| CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE | DENVER | $303.00 | $34.47 – $72.21 |
| HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's | Denver | $430.25 | $34.47 – $39.72 |
| HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE | Lone Tree | $977.50 | $34.47 – $72.21 |
| HCA HealthONE MOUNTAIN RIDGE | Thornton | $285.43 | $34.47 – $72.21 |