Radphm lcl tmr spect/ct 2+ areas/2+ days 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

$653.12

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.

$1,641.00

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.

$457.84 with Aetna vs $1,591.77 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 $457.84 ↓ -30%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $508.71 ↓ -22%
Medica Medicare Advantage $508.71 ↓ -22%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $508.71 ↓ -22%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $508.71 ↓ -22%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $508.71 ↓ -22%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $610.45 ↓ -7%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $797.69 ↑ +22%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway Standard $869.24 ↑ +33%
United Healthcare Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option $951.78 ↑ +46%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $993.63 ↑ +52%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $1,210.73 ↑ +85%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $1,247.00 ↑ +91%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $1,311.98 ↑ +101%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $1,311.98 ↑ +101%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $1,351.34 ↑ +107%
Medica Commercial $1,366.95 ↑ +109%
Humana Medicare Advantage $1,390.70 ↑ +113%
United Healthcare Colorado Doctor's Plan $1,399.77 ↑ +114%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $1,443.18 ↑ +121%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $1,476.90 ↑ +126%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $1,476.90 ↑ +126%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $1,526.13 ↑ +134%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,555.67 ↑ +138%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $1,558.95 ↑ +139%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $1,558.95 ↑ +139%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $1,558.95 ↑ +139%
Multiplan Commercial $1,591.77 ↑ +144%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP not published by hospital

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Radphm lcl tmr spect/ct 2+ areas/2+ days at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $2,065.00 $1,272.62 – $3,599.55
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $1,871.77 $973.77 – $3,599.55
CENTRAL PARK ER, A PART OF ROSE DENVER $16,732.44 $199.67 – $2,938.37
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver $7,006.75 $199.67 – $3,945.30
HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE Lone Tree $7,460.50 $199.67 – $3,330.10
HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE PARKER $7,460.50 $199.67 – $3,330.10
HCA HealthONE MOUNTAIN RIDGE Thornton $12,697.20 $199.67 – $2,938.37
HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION Denver $3,816.15 $2,184.98 – $2,938.37

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