Pt wheelchair management each 15 minutes 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

$58.31

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.

$85.00

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.

$23.71 with Aetna vs $82.45 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
Aetna Medicare Advantage $23.71 ↓ -59%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $26.35 ↓ -55%
Medica Medicare Advantage $26.35 ↓ -55%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $26.35 ↓ -55%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $26.35 ↓ -55%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $26.35 ↓ -55%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $31.62 ↓ -46%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $41.32 ↓ -29%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway Standard $45.02 ↓ -23%
United Healthcare Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option $49.30 ↓ -15%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $51.47 ↓ -12%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $62.71 ↑ +8%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $64.59 ↑ +11%
Medica Commercial $70.81 ↑ +21%
United Healthcare Colorado Doctor's Plan $72.50 ↑ +24%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $76.50 ↑ +31%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $76.50 ↑ +31%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $79.05 ↑ +36%
United Healthcare Commercial $80.58 ↑ +38%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $80.75 ↑ +38%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $80.75 ↑ +38%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $80.75 ↑ +38%
Multiplan Commercial $82.45 ↑ +41%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP not published by hospital

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Pt wheelchair management each 15 minutes at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $21.67 $64.37 – $298.00
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $74.73 $40.35 – $298.00
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $59.07 $35.82 – $82.45
AdventHealth Porter Denver $297.26 $31.48 – $59.42
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $297.26 $31.48 – $59.42
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $297.26 $31.48 – $59.42
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $297.26 $31.48 – $59.42
AdventHealth Parker Parker $297.26 $31.48 – $59.42

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