Warde copper 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

$69.63

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.

$211.00

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.

$12.41 with United Healthcare vs $61.11 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
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $12.41 ↓ -82%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $12.41 ↓ -82%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $12.78 ↓ -82%
Humana Medicare Advantage $13.15 ↓ -81%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $13.65 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $17.58 ↓ -75%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $19.46 ↓ -72%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $19.53 ↓ -72%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $19.53 ↓ -72%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $19.53 ↓ -72%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $19.53 ↓ -72%
Medica Medicare Advantage $19.53 ↓ -72%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $23.44 ↓ -66%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway Standard $33.37 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option $36.54 ↓ -48%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $38.15 ↓ -45%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $46.48 ↓ -33%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $47.87 ↓ -31%
Medica Commercial $52.48 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare Colorado Doctor's Plan $53.74 ↓ -23%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $56.70 ↓ -19%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $56.70 ↓ -19%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $58.59 ↓ -16%
United Healthcare Commercial $59.72 ↓ -14%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $59.85 ↓ -14%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $59.85 ↓ -14%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $59.85 ↓ -14%
Multiplan Commercial $61.11 ↓ -12%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP not published by hospital

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Warde copper at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $47.90 $12.04 – $59.85
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $48.53 $12.04 – $59.85
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $129.98 $26.55 – $61.11
AdventHealth Porter Denver $192.49 $12.16 – $22.96
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $192.49 $12.16 – $22.96
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $192.49 $12.16 – $22.96
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $192.49 $12.16 – $22.96
AdventHealth Parker Parker $192.49 $12.16 – $22.96

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