Pet CT whole body initial at Sterling Regional Medical Center
615 Fairhurst Street, Sterling, CO · Banner Health · · NPI 1942238555
$3,207.01
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.
$8,621.00
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.
$1,465.85 with Clear Spring Health vs $8,362.37 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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| 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 | ↓ -52% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $1,612.43 | ↓ -50% |
| Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp | Pinnacol Assurance WC | $2,298.45 | ↓ -28% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $2,405.26 | ↓ -25% |
| Banner Health | Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select | $2,672.51 | ↓ -17% |
| Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado | Medicare | $2,672.51 | ↓ -17% |
| HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $2,672.51 | ↓ -17% |
| Medicare | Traditional Medicare | $2,672.51 | ↓ -17% |
| Medica | Medicare Advantage | $2,672.51 | ↓ -17% |
| Assist Health Group | AHG Specialty Network | $3,207.01 | ↑ +0% |
| Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado | Pathway Standard | $4,566.54 | ↑ +42% |
| United Healthcare | Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option | $5,000.18 | ↑ +56% |
| Denver Health Medical Plan | Commercial | $5,220.02 | ↑ +63% |
| Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado | Pathway | $6,360.57 | ↑ +98% |
| Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado | Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity | $6,551.10 | ↑ +104% |
| Medica | Commercial | $7,181.29 | ↑ +124% |
| United Healthcare | Colorado Doctor's Plan | $7,353.71 | ↑ +129% |
| Apostrophe, Inc. | Commercial | $7,758.90 | ↑ +142% |
| First Choice Health Network | Commercial | $7,758.90 | ↑ +142% |
| Aetna | Commercial/Medical Rental | $8,017.53 | ↑ +150% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $8,172.71 | ↑ +155% |
| First Choice of the Midwest | Commercial | $8,189.95 | ↑ +155% |
| Rocky Mountain Health Plans | Private Plan/Self Insured Plan | $8,189.95 | ↑ +155% |
| Hue Health, Inc | Medicare Advantage | $8,189.95 | ↑ +155% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $8,362.37 | ↑ +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 whole body initial at other Colorado hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus | Loveland | $2,415.46 | $1,423.66 – $5,683.85 |
| AdventHealth Porter | Denver | $11,972.65 | $200.65 – $2,790.59 |
| AdventHealth Littleton | Littleton | $11,972.65 | $200.65 – $2,790.59 |
| AdventHealth Avista | Louisville | $11,972.65 | $200.65 – $2,821.57 |
| AdventHealth Castle Rock | Castle Rock | $11,972.65 | $200.65 – $2,790.59 |
| AdventHealth Parker | Parker | $11,972.65 | $200.65 – $2,790.59 |
| HCA HealthONE AURORA | Aurora | not published | $274.52 – $3,330.77 |
| CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE | DENVER | not published | $274.52 – $3,330.77 |