Mopath procedure level 3 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

$138.91

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.

$451.00

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.

$125.83 with Aetna vs $437.47 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 $125.83 ↓ -9%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $139.81 ↑ +1%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $139.81 ↑ +1%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $139.81 ↑ +1%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $139.81 ↑ +1%
Medica Medicare Advantage $139.81 ↑ +1%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $150.33 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $150.33 ↑ +8%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $154.84 ↑ +11%
Humana Medicare Advantage $159.35 ↑ +15%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $165.36 ↑ +19%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $167.77 ↑ +21%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $219.23 ↑ +58%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway Standard $238.89 ↑ +72%
United Healthcare Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option $261.58 ↑ +88%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $273.08 ↑ +97%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $332.75 ↑ +140%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $342.71 ↑ +147%
Medica Commercial $375.68 ↑ +170%
United Healthcare Colorado Doctor's Plan $384.70 ↑ +177%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $405.90 ↑ +192%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $405.90 ↑ +192%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $419.43 ↑ +202%
United Healthcare Commercial $427.55 ↑ +208%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $428.45 ↑ +208%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $428.45 ↑ +208%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $428.45 ↑ +208%
Multiplan Commercial $437.47 ↑ +215%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP not published by hospital

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Mopath procedure level 3 at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $62.69 $145.82 – $428.45
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $194.83 $115.91 – $428.45
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $285.03 $190.05 – $437.47
AdventHealth Porter Denver $360.47 $147.32 – $278.11
CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE DENVER $1,793.00 $68.40 – $365.30
HCA HealthONE BELMAR ER, A PART OF SWEDISH LAKEWOOD $943.62 $87.94 – $365.30
HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION Denver $1,621.42 $148.83 – $157.85
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $360.47 $147.32 – $278.11

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