Ultrasound joint/nonvascular extremity limited left 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

$332.85

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.

$586.00

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.

$106.87 with Clear Spring Health vs $568.42 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
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $106.87 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $106.87 ↓ -68%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $110.08 ↓ -67%
Humana Medicare Advantage $113.28 ↓ -66%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $117.56 ↓ -65%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $163.49 ↓ -51%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $167.57 ↓ -50%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $181.66 ↓ -45%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $181.66 ↓ -45%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $181.66 ↓ -45%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $181.66 ↓ -45%
Medica Medicare Advantage $181.66 ↓ -45%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $217.99 ↓ -35%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway Standard $310.40 ↓ -7%
United Healthcare Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option $339.88 ↑ +2%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $354.82 ↑ +7%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $432.35 ↑ +30%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $445.30 ↑ +34%
Medica Commercial $488.14 ↑ +47%
United Healthcare Colorado Doctor's Plan $499.86 ↑ +50%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $527.40 ↑ +58%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $527.40 ↑ +58%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $544.98 ↑ +64%
United Healthcare Commercial $555.53 ↑ +67%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $556.70 ↑ +67%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $556.70 ↑ +67%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $556.70 ↑ +67%
Multiplan Commercial $568.42 ↑ +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 joint/nonvascular extremity limited left at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $180.93 $103.66 – $328.00
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $142.12 $66.05 – $328.00
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $456.49 $21.07 – $48.50
AdventHealth Porter Denver $1,847.16 $58.30 – $204.02
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $1,847.16 $58.30 – $204.02
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $1,847.16 $58.30 – $206.29
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $1,847.16 $58.30 – $204.02
AdventHealth Parker Parker $1,847.16 $58.30 – $204.02

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