Ultrasound exam k transpl w/doppler at Sterling Regional Medical Center
615 Fairhurst Street, Sterling, CO · Banner Health · · NPI 1942238555
$268.66
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.
$473.00
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.
$106.87 with Clear Spring Health vs $458.81 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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| Clear Spring Health | Medicare Advantage | $106.87 | ↓ -60% |
| United Healthcare | UHC Medicare Advantage | $106.87 | ↓ -60% |
| Longevity | Medicare Advantage | $110.08 | ↓ -59% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $113.28 | ↓ -58% |
| Devoted Health Services | Medicare Advantage | $117.56 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $131.97 | ↓ -51% |
| Banner Health | Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select | $146.63 | ↓ -45% |
| Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado | Medicare | $146.63 | ↓ -45% |
| Medicare | Traditional Medicare | $146.63 | ↓ -45% |
| Medica | Medicare Advantage | $146.63 | ↓ -45% |
| HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. | Medicare Advantage | $146.63 | ↓ -45% |
| Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp | Pinnacol Assurance WC | $167.57 | ↓ -38% |
| Assist Health Group | AHG Specialty Network | $175.96 | ↓ -35% |
| Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado | Pathway Standard | $250.55 | ↓ -7% |
| United Healthcare | Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option | $274.34 | ↑ +2% |
| Denver Health Medical Plan | Commercial | $286.40 | ↑ +7% |
| Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado | Pathway | $348.98 | ↑ +30% |
| Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado | Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity | $359.43 | ↑ +34% |
| Medica | Commercial | $394.01 | ↑ +47% |
| United Healthcare | Colorado Doctor's Plan | $403.47 | ↑ +50% |
| Apostrophe, Inc. | Commercial | $425.70 | ↑ +58% |
| First Choice Health Network | Commercial | $425.70 | ↑ +58% |
| Aetna | Commercial/Medical Rental | $439.89 | ↑ +64% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $448.40 | ↑ +67% |
| First Choice of the Midwest | Commercial | $449.35 | ↑ +67% |
| Rocky Mountain Health Plans | Private Plan/Self Insured Plan | $449.35 | ↑ +67% |
| Hue Health, Inc | Medicare Advantage | $449.35 | ↑ +67% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $458.81 | ↑ +71% |
| Molina Healthcare | Medicaid/CHIP | not published by hospital | — |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN | Tricare | not published by hospital | — |
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Ultrasound exam k transpl w/doppler at other Colorado hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner Fort Collins Medical Center | Fort Collins | $317.50 | $103.66 – $428.45 |
| Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus | Loveland | $249.40 | $103.79 – $428.45 |
| East Morgan County Hospital | Brush | $368.47 | $33.29 – $76.63 |
| AdventHealth Porter | Denver | $1,842.92 | $108.08 – $204.02 |
| HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE | PARKER | $2,658.00 | $85.78 – $948.98 |
| HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION | Denver | $1,592.62 | $169.18 – $245.18 |
| AdventHealth Littleton | Littleton | $1,842.92 | $108.08 – $204.02 |
| AdventHealth Avista | Louisville | $1,842.92 | $109.28 – $206.29 |