Special radiation dosimetry 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

$191.62

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.

$335.00

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.

$93.47 with Aetna vs $324.95 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 $93.47 ↓ -51%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $103.85 ↓ -46%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $103.85 ↓ -46%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $103.85 ↓ -46%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $103.85 ↓ -46%
Medica Medicare Advantage $103.85 ↓ -46%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $124.62 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $133.43 ↓ -30%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $133.43 ↓ -30%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $137.43 ↓ -28%
Humana Medicare Advantage $141.44 ↓ -26%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $146.77 ↓ -23%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $162.84 ↓ -15%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway Standard $177.45 ↓ -7%
United Healthcare Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option $194.30 ↑ +1%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $202.84 ↑ +6%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $247.16 ↑ +29%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $254.57 ↑ +33%
Medica Commercial $279.06 ↑ +46%
United Healthcare Colorado Doctor's Plan $285.75 ↑ +49%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $301.50 ↑ +57%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $301.50 ↑ +57%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $311.55 ↑ +63%
United Healthcare Commercial $317.58 ↑ +66%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $318.25 ↑ +66%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $318.25 ↑ +66%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $318.25 ↑ +66%
Multiplan Commercial $324.95 ↑ +70%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP not published by hospital
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital

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