IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis addl sequential infusion new drug/substance > 1 hour 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

$67.70

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.

$133.00

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.

$37.11 with Aetna vs $129.01 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 $37.11 ↓ -45%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $41.23 ↓ -39%
Medica Medicare Advantage $41.23 ↓ -39%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $41.23 ↓ -39%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $41.23 ↓ -39%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $41.23 ↓ -39%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $49.48 ↓ -27%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $64.65 ↓ -5%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway Standard $70.45 ↑ +4%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $71.52 ↑ +6%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $71.52 ↑ +6%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $73.67 ↑ +9%
Humana Medicare Advantage $75.81 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option $77.14 ↑ +14%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $78.67 ↑ +16%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $80.53 ↑ +19%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $98.13 ↑ +45%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $101.07 ↑ +49%
Medica Commercial $110.79 ↑ +64%
United Healthcare Colorado Doctor's Plan $113.45 ↑ +68%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $119.70 ↑ +77%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $119.70 ↑ +77%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $123.69 ↑ +83%
United Healthcare Commercial $126.08 ↑ +86%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $126.35 ↑ +87%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $126.35 ↑ +87%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $126.35 ↑ +87%
Multiplan Commercial $129.01 ↑ +91%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP not published by hospital

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IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis addl sequential infusion new drug/substance > 1 hour at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $117.61 $69.37 – $180.50
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AdventHealth Porter Denver $1,144.31 $49.81 – $140.51
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $1,144.31 $49.81 – $140.51
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AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $1,144.31 $49.81 – $140.51
AdventHealth Parker Parker $1,144.31 $49.81 – $140.51

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