Pet CT skull-mid thgh initial 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

$3,188.04

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.

$8,570.00

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.

$1,465.85 with Clear Spring Health vs $8,312.90 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 $1,465.85 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $1,465.85 ↓ -54%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $1,509.83 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare Advantage $1,553.80 ↓ -51%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $1,612.43 ↓ -49%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $2,298.45 ↓ -28%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $2,391.03 ↓ -25%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $2,656.70 ↓ -17%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $2,656.70 ↓ -17%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $2,656.70 ↓ -17%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $2,656.70 ↓ -17%
Medica Medicare Advantage $2,656.70 ↓ -17%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $3,188.04 ↑ +0%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway Standard $4,539.53 ↑ +42%
United Healthcare Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option $4,970.60 ↑ +56%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $5,189.14 ↑ +63%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $6,322.95 ↑ +98%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $6,512.34 ↑ +104%
Medica Commercial $7,138.81 ↑ +124%
United Healthcare Colorado Doctor's Plan $7,310.21 ↑ +129%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $7,713.00 ↑ +142%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $7,713.00 ↑ +142%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $7,970.10 ↑ +150%
United Healthcare Commercial $8,124.36 ↑ +155%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $8,141.50 ↑ +155%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $8,141.50 ↑ +155%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $8,141.50 ↑ +155%
Multiplan Commercial $8,312.90 ↑ +161%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP not published by hospital
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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Pet CT skull-mid thgh initial at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $2,368.22 $1,423.66 – $5,572.70
AdventHealth Porter Denver $11,426.02 $199.31 – $2,790.59
HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION Denver $7,218.56 $2,407.32 – $3,330.77
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $11,426.02 $199.31 – $2,790.59
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $11,426.02 $199.31 – $2,821.57
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $11,426.02 $199.31 – $2,790.59
AdventHealth Parker Parker $11,426.02 $199.31 – $2,790.59
HCA HealthONE AURORA Aurora not published $270.46 – $3,330.77

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