MRI orbit fac&nck w IV cont 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

$1,264.80

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.

$3,720.00

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.

$358.91 with Clear Spring Health vs $3,608.40 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
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $358.91 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $358.91 ↓ -72%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $369.68 ↓ -71%
Humana Medicare Advantage $380.44 ↓ -70%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $394.80 ↓ -69%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $562.77 ↓ -56%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,037.88 ↓ -18%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $1,153.20 ↓ -9%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $1,153.20 ↓ -9%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $1,153.20 ↓ -9%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $1,153.20 ↓ -9%
Medica Medicare Advantage $1,153.20 ↓ -9%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $1,383.84 ↑ +9%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway Standard $1,970.48 ↑ +56%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $2,059.00 ↑ +63%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $2,059.00 ↑ +63%
United Healthcare Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option $2,157.60 ↑ +71%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $2,252.46 ↑ +78%
Medica Commercial $3,098.76 ↑ +145%
United Healthcare Colorado Doctor's Plan $3,173.16 ↑ +151%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $3,348.00 ↑ +165%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $3,348.00 ↑ +165%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $3,459.60 ↑ +174%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,526.56 ↑ +179%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $3,534.00 ↑ +179%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $3,534.00 ↑ +179%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $3,534.00 ↑ +179%
Multiplan Commercial $3,608.40 ↑ +185%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP not published by hospital
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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MRI orbit fac&nck w IV cont at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $448.88 $348.14 – $1,375.60
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $415.58 $348.58 – $1,375.60
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $2,458.92 $70.37 – $161.99
AdventHealth Porter Denver $6,352.56 $359.47 – $680.84
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver $18,119.75 $184.07 – $828.27
HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE Lone Tree $20,070.60 $184.07 – $828.27
HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE PARKER $20,070.60 $184.07 – $2,340.78
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $6,352.56 $359.47 – $680.84

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