Plethysmography lung volumes/airway resistance at Sterling Regional Medical Center
615 Fairhurst Street, Sterling, CO · Banner Health · · NPI 1942238555
$203.04
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.
$470.00
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.
$131.13 with Aetna vs $455.90 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.
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 | $131.13 | ↓ -35% |
| Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado | Medicare | $145.70 | ↓ -28% |
| Medica | Medicare Advantage | $145.70 | ↓ -28% |
| Banner Health | Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select | $145.70 | ↓ -28% |
| Medicare | Traditional Medicare | $145.70 | ↓ -28% |
| HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $145.70 | ↓ -28% |
| Assist Health Group | AHG Specialty Network | $174.84 | ↓ -14% |
| Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp | Pinnacol Assurance WC | $228.47 | ↑ +13% |
| Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado | Pathway Standard | $248.96 | ↑ +23% |
| United Healthcare | Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option | $272.60 | ↑ +34% |
| Denver Health Medical Plan | Commercial | $284.58 | ↑ +40% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $312.95 | ↑ +54% |
| Clear Spring Health | Medicare Advantage | $312.95 | ↑ +54% |
| Longevity | Medicare Advantage | $322.34 | ↑ +59% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $331.73 | ↑ +63% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $344.25 | ↑ +70% |
| Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado | Pathway | $346.77 | ↑ +71% |
| Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado | Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity | $357.15 | ↑ +76% |
| Medica | Commercial | $391.51 | ↑ +93% |
| United Healthcare | Colorado Doctor's Plan | $400.91 | ↑ +97% |
| Apostrophe, Inc. | Commercial | $423.00 | ↑ +108% |
| First Choice Health Network | Commercial | $423.00 | ↑ +108% |
| Aetna | Commercial/Medical Rental | $437.10 | ↑ +115% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $445.56 | ↑ +119% |
| Hue Health, Inc | Medicare Advantage | $446.50 | ↑ +120% |
| Rocky Mountain Health Plans | Private Plan/Self Insured Plan | $446.50 | ↑ +120% |
| First Choice of the Midwest | Commercial | $446.50 | ↑ +120% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $455.90 | ↑ +125% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
| Molina Healthcare | Medicaid/CHIP | not published by hospital | — |
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Plethysmography lung volumes/airway resistance at other Colorado hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner Fort Collins Medical Center | Fort Collins | $141.00 | $192.70 – $751.08 |
| Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus | Loveland | $170.61 | $120.79 – $752.02 |
| East Morgan County Hospital | Brush | $296.10 | $198.06 – $455.90 |
| AdventHealth Porter | Denver | $2,645.89 | $82.79 – $728.23 |
| CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE | DENVER | $872.00 | $482.98 – $503.32 |
| HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION | Denver | $2,171.55 | $482.98 – $503.32 |
| AdventHealth Littleton | Littleton | $2,645.89 | $82.79 – $728.23 |
| AdventHealth Avista | Louisville | $2,645.89 | $82.79 – $736.31 |