Mr safety implant&/fb assmt clin staff ea add 30 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

$82.35

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.

$183.00

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.

$51.06 with Aetna vs $177.51 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 $51.06 ↓ -38%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $56.73 ↓ -31%
Medica Medicare Advantage $56.73 ↓ -31%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $56.73 ↓ -31%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $56.73 ↓ -31%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $56.73 ↓ -31%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $68.08 ↓ -17%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $88.96 ↑ +8%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway Standard $96.94 ↑ +18%
United Healthcare Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option $106.14 ↑ +29%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $110.81 ↑ +35%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $135.02 ↑ +64%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $139.06 ↑ +69%
Medica Commercial $152.44 ↑ +85%
United Healthcare Colorado Doctor's Plan $156.10 ↑ +90%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $164.70 ↑ +100%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $164.70 ↑ +100%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $170.19 ↑ +107%
United Healthcare Commercial $173.48 ↑ +111%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $173.85 ↑ +111%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $173.85 ↑ +111%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $173.85 ↑ +111%
Multiplan Commercial $177.51 ↑ +116%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP not published by hospital

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Mr safety implant&/fb assmt clin staff ea add 30 at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $95.34 $75.03 – $268.95
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $64.42 $47.03 – $268.95
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $121.51 $77.12 – $177.51
AdventHealth Porter Denver $247.37 $97.14 – $97.14
HCA HealthONE AURORA Aurora not published $135.93 – $135.93
CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE DENVER not published $135.93 – $135.93
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver not published $135.93 – $135.93
HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE Lone Tree not published $135.93 – $135.93

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