Tte w or without fol w/con,stres 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

$680.26

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.

$1,612.00

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.

$449.75 with Aetna vs $1,563.64 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 $449.75 ↓ -34%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $499.72 ↓ -27%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $499.72 ↓ -27%
Medica Medicare Advantage $499.72 ↓ -27%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $499.72 ↓ -27%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $499.72 ↓ -27%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $599.66 ↓ -12%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $783.59 ↑ +15%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $793.99 ↑ +17%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $793.99 ↑ +17%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $817.81 ↑ +20%
Humana Medicare Advantage $841.63 ↑ +24%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway Standard $853.88 ↑ +26%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $873.39 ↑ +28%
United Healthcare Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option $934.96 ↑ +37%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $976.07 ↑ +43%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $1,189.33 ↑ +75%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $1,224.96 ↑ +80%
Medica Commercial $1,342.80 ↑ +97%
United Healthcare Colorado Doctor's Plan $1,375.04 ↑ +102%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $1,450.80 ↑ +113%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $1,450.80 ↑ +113%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $1,499.16 ↑ +120%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,528.18 ↑ +125%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $1,531.40 ↑ +125%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $1,531.40 ↑ +125%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $1,531.40 ↑ +125%
Multiplan Commercial $1,563.64 ↑ +130%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP not published by hospital

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Tte w or without fol w/con,stres at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $486.68 $503.89 – $2,054.00
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $430.15 $88.40 – $2,054.00
AdventHealth Porter Denver $4,515.64 $810.41 – $1,529.85
HCA HealthONE AURORA Aurora $10,218.15 $1,232.06 – $1,283.93
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver $9,326.00 $1,232.06 – $1,283.93
HCA HealthONE BELMAR ER, A PART OF SWEDISH LAKEWOOD $5,650.50 $1,232.06 – $1,283.93
HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION Denver $2,759.11 $1,232.06 – $1,283.93
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $4,515.64 $810.41 – $1,529.85

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