Radiation treatment delivery at Sterling Regional Medical Center
615 Fairhurst Street, Sterling, CO · Banner Health · · NPI 1942238555
$475.33
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.
$831.00
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.
$231.85 with Aetna vs $806.07 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 | $231.85 | ↓ -51% |
| Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado | Medicare | $257.61 | ↓ -46% |
| Banner Health | Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select | $257.61 | ↓ -46% |
| HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $257.61 | ↓ -46% |
| Medicare | Traditional Medicare | $257.61 | ↓ -46% |
| Medica | Medicare Advantage | $257.61 | ↓ -46% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $264.29 | ↓ -44% |
| Clear Spring Health | Medicare Advantage | $264.29 | ↓ -44% |
| Longevity | Medicare Advantage | $272.22 | ↓ -43% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $280.15 | ↓ -41% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $290.72 | ↓ -39% |
| Assist Health Group | AHG Specialty Network | $309.13 | ↓ -35% |
| Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp | Pinnacol Assurance WC | $403.95 | ↓ -15% |
| Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado | Pathway Standard | $440.18 | ↓ -7% |
| United Healthcare | Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option | $481.98 | ↑ +1% |
| Denver Health Medical Plan | Commercial | $503.17 | ↑ +6% |
| Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado | Pathway | $613.11 | ↑ +29% |
| Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado | Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity | $631.48 | ↑ +33% |
| Medica | Commercial | $692.22 | ↑ +46% |
| United Healthcare | Colorado Doctor's Plan | $708.84 | ↑ +49% |
| Apostrophe, Inc. | Commercial | $747.90 | ↑ +57% |
| First Choice Health Network | Commercial | $747.90 | ↑ +57% |
| Aetna | Commercial/Medical Rental | $772.83 | ↑ +63% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $787.79 | ↑ +66% |
| First Choice of the Midwest | Commercial | $789.45 | ↑ +66% |
| Rocky Mountain Health Plans | Private Plan/Self Insured Plan | $789.45 | ↑ +66% |
| Hue Health, Inc | Medicare Advantage | $789.45 | ↑ +66% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $806.07 | ↑ +70% |
| Molina Healthcare | Medicaid/CHIP | not published by hospital | — |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Radiation treatment delivery at other Colorado hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus | Loveland | $864.55 | $256.68 – $1,679.60 |
| AdventHealth Porter | Denver | $3,040.63 | $571.21 – $1,078.31 |
| CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE | DENVER | $5,749.00 | $413.53 – $519.26 |
| HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's | Denver | $5,728.75 | $413.53 – $781.54 |
| HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE | Lone Tree | $8,680.10 | $413.53 – $659.68 |
| HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE | PARKER | $8,680.10 | $413.53 – $799.84 |
| AdventHealth Littleton | Littleton | $3,040.63 | $571.21 – $1,078.31 |
| AdventHealth Avista | Louisville | $3,040.63 | not published |