Myelography thoracic spine at Sterling Regional Medical Center
615 Fairhurst Street, Sterling, CO · Banner Health · · NPI 1942238555
$778.05
Cash price 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.
$1,729.00
Gross charge 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.
$482.39 with Aetna vs $1,677.13 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $482.39 | ↓ -38% |
| Medicare | Traditional Medicare | $535.99 | ↓ -31% |
| Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado | Medicare | $535.99 | ↓ -31% |
| HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $535.99 | ↓ -31% |
| Medica | Medicare Advantage | $535.99 | ↓ -31% |
| Banner Health | Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select | $535.99 | ↓ -31% |
| Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado | Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity | $639.72 | ↓ -18% |
| Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado | Pathway | $639.72 | ↓ -18% |
| Assist Health Group | AHG Specialty Network | $643.19 | ↓ -17% |
| Clear Spring Health | Medicare Advantage | $793.99 | ↑ +2% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $793.99 | ↑ +2% |
| Longevity | Medicare Advantage | $817.81 | ↑ +5% |
| Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp | Pinnacol Assurance WC | $840.47 | ↑ +8% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $841.63 | ↑ +8% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $873.39 | ↑ +12% |
| Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado | Pathway Standard | $915.85 | ↑ +18% |
| United Healthcare | Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option | $1,002.82 | ↑ +29% |
| Denver Health Medical Plan | Commercial | $1,046.91 | ↑ +35% |
| Medica | Commercial | $1,440.26 | ↑ +85% |
| United Healthcare | Colorado Doctor's Plan | $1,474.84 | ↑ +90% |
| First Choice Health Network | Commercial | $1,556.10 | ↑ +100% |
| Apostrophe, Inc. | Commercial | $1,556.10 | ↑ +100% |
| Aetna | Commercial/Medical Rental | $1,607.97 | ↑ +107% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $1,639.09 | ↑ +111% |
| First Choice of the Midwest | Commercial | $1,642.55 | ↑ +111% |
| Hue Health, Inc | Medicare Advantage | $1,642.55 | ↑ +111% |
| Rocky Mountain Health Plans | Private Plan/Self Insured Plan | $1,642.55 | ↑ +111% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $1,677.13 | ↑ +116% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
| Molina Healthcare | Medicaid/CHIP | not published by hospital | — |
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Myelography thoracic spine at other Colorado hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Fort Collins Medical Center | Fort Collins | $794.52 | $106.00 – $1,905.58 |
| Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus | Loveland | $536.80 | $112.00 – $1,907.98 |
| East Morgan County Hospital | Brush | $1,148.06 | $90.60 – $208.55 |
| AdventHealth Porter | Denver | $2,460.06 | $116.74 – $1,529.85 |
| CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE | DENVER | $5,085.00 | $103.91 – $1,609.16 |
| HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's | Denver | $3,004.50 | $103.91 – $2,201.88 |
| HCA HealthONE MOUNTAIN RIDGE | Thornton | $8,711.82 | $103.91 – $1,609.16 |
| AdventHealth Littleton | Littleton | $2,460.06 | $116.74 – $1,529.85 |