Ins mark abd/pel for right perq 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

$873.73

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.

$2,051.00

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.

$572.23 with Aetna vs $1,989.47 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 $572.23 ↓ -35%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $635.81 ↓ -27%
Medica Medicare Advantage $635.81 ↓ -27%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $635.81 ↓ -27%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $635.81 ↓ -27%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $635.81 ↓ -27%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $762.97 ↓ -13%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $996.99 ↑ +14%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway Standard $1,086.41 ↑ +24%
United Healthcare Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option $1,189.58 ↑ +36%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $1,241.88 ↑ +42%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $1,375.07 ↑ +57%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $1,375.07 ↑ +57%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $1,416.32 ↑ +62%
Humana Medicare Advantage $1,457.57 ↑ +67%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $1,512.58 ↑ +73%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $1,513.23 ↑ +73%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $1,558.55 ↑ +78%
Medica Commercial $1,708.48 ↑ +96%
United Healthcare Colorado Doctor's Plan $1,749.50 ↑ +100%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $1,845.90 ↑ +111%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $1,845.90 ↑ +111%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $1,907.43 ↑ +118%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,944.35 ↑ +123%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $1,948.45 ↑ +123%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $1,948.45 ↑ +123%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $1,948.45 ↑ +123%
Multiplan Commercial $1,989.47 ↑ +128%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP not published by hospital

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Ins mark abd/pel for right perq at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $1,045.68 $1,088.14 – $8,568.00
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