Mopath procedure level 6 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

$278.74

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.

$905.00

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.

$252.50 with Aetna vs $877.85 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 $252.50 ↓ -9%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $280.55 ↑ +1%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $280.55 ↑ +1%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $280.55 ↑ +1%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $280.55 ↑ +1%
Medica Medicare Advantage $280.55 ↑ +1%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $301.35 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $301.35 ↑ +8%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $310.39 ↑ +11%
Humana Medicare Advantage $319.43 ↑ +15%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $331.49 ↑ +19%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $336.66 ↑ +21%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $439.92 ↑ +58%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway Standard $479.38 ↑ +72%
United Healthcare Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option $524.90 ↑ +88%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $547.98 ↑ +97%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $667.71 ↑ +140%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $687.71 ↑ +147%
Medica Commercial $753.87 ↑ +170%
United Healthcare Colorado Doctor's Plan $771.97 ↑ +177%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $814.50 ↑ +192%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $814.50 ↑ +192%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $841.65 ↑ +202%
United Healthcare Commercial $857.94 ↑ +208%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $859.75 ↑ +208%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $859.75 ↑ +208%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $859.75 ↑ +208%
Multiplan Commercial $877.85 ↑ +215%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP not published by hospital

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Mopath procedure level 6 at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $125.80 $292.31 – $859.75
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $390.96 $232.59 – $859.75
AdventHealth Porter Denver $1,961.67 $295.32 – $557.50
HCA HealthONE AURORA Aurora $3,732.56 $160.62 – $732.28
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $1,961.67 $295.32 – $557.50
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $1,961.67 $295.32 – $557.50
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $1,961.67 $295.32 – $557.50
AdventHealth Parker Parker $1,961.67 $295.32 – $557.50

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