Tc-99m tilmanocept diag at Sterling Regional Medical Center
615 Fairhurst Street, Sterling, CO · Banner Health · · NPI 1942238555
$919.01
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.
$2,399.50
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.
$669.46 with Aetna vs $2,327.51 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 | $669.46 | ↓ -27% |
| Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado | Medicare | $743.85 | ↓ -19% |
| Medica | Medicare Advantage | $743.85 | ↓ -19% |
| Banner Health | Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select | $743.85 | ↓ -19% |
| Medicare | Traditional Medicare | $743.85 | ↓ -19% |
| HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $743.85 | ↓ -19% |
| Assist Health Group | AHG Specialty Network | $892.61 | ↓ -3% |
| Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp | Pinnacol Assurance WC | $1,166.40 | ↑ +27% |
| Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado | Pathway Standard | $1,271.02 | ↑ +38% |
| Denver Health Medical Plan | Commercial | $1,452.90 | ↑ +58% |
| Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado | Pathway | $1,770.35 | ↑ +93% |
| Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado | Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity | $1,823.38 | ↑ +98% |
| Medica | Commercial | $1,998.78 | ↑ +117% |
| United Healthcare | Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option | $2,003.58 | ↑ +118% |
| United Healthcare | Colorado Doctor's Plan | $2,046.77 | ↑ +123% |
| First Choice Health Network | Commercial | $2,159.55 | ↑ +135% |
| Apostrophe, Inc. | Commercial | $2,159.55 | ↑ +135% |
| Aetna | Commercial/Medical Rental | $2,231.53 | ↑ +143% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $2,274.73 | ↑ +148% |
| First Choice of the Midwest | Commercial | $2,279.53 | ↑ +148% |
| Hue Health, Inc | Medicare Advantage | $2,279.53 | ↑ +148% |
| Rocky Mountain Health Plans | Private Plan/Self Insured Plan | $2,279.53 | ↑ +148% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $2,327.51 | ↑ +153% |
| Molina Healthcare | Medicaid/CHIP | not published by hospital | — |
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Tc-99m tilmanocept diag at other Colorado hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Banner Fort Collins Medical Center | Fort Collins | $1,300.53 | $983.79 – $2,279.53 |
| Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus | Loveland | $1,204.55 | $406.00 – $2,279.53 |
| AdventHealth Porter | Denver | not published | $1,061.90 – $1,238.13 |
| AdventHealth Littleton | Littleton | not published | $1,061.90 – $1,238.13 |
| AdventHealth Avista | Louisville | not published | $1,061.90 – $1,238.13 |
| AdventHealth Castle Rock | Castle Rock | not published | $1,061.90 – $1,238.13 |
| AdventHealth Parker | Parker | not published | $1,061.90 – $1,238.13 |