N-invas est c ffr sw aly cta 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

$3,290.38

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.

$6,416.00

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.

$1,022.46 with Clear Spring Health vs $6,223.52 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 $1,022.46 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $1,022.46 ↓ -69%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $1,053.13 ↓ -68%
Humana Medicare Advantage $1,083.81 ↓ -67%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $1,124.71 ↓ -66%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $1,603.22 ↓ -51%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,790.06 ↓ -46%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $1,988.96 ↓ -40%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $1,988.96 ↓ -40%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $1,988.96 ↓ -40%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $1,988.96 ↓ -40%
Medica Medicare Advantage $1,988.96 ↓ -40%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $2,386.75 ↓ -27%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway Standard $3,398.56 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option $3,721.28 ↑ +13%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $3,884.89 ↑ +18%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $4,733.72 ↑ +44%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $4,875.52 ↑ +48%
Medica Commercial $5,344.53 ↑ +62%
United Healthcare Colorado Doctor's Plan $5,472.85 ↑ +66%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $5,774.40 ↑ +75%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $5,774.40 ↑ +75%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $5,966.88 ↑ +81%
United Healthcare Commercial $6,082.37 ↑ +85%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $6,095.20 ↑ +85%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $6,095.20 ↑ +85%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $6,095.20 ↑ +85%
Multiplan Commercial $6,223.52 ↑ +89%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP not published by hospital
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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