Wound therapy negative pressure per session > 50 sq cm 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

$254.86

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.

$574.00

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.

$160.15 with Aetna vs $556.78 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 $160.15 ↓ -37%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $177.94 ↓ -30%
Medica Medicare Advantage $177.94 ↓ -30%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $177.94 ↓ -30%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $177.94 ↓ -30%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $177.94 ↓ -30%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $213.53 ↓ -16%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $279.02 ↑ +9%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway Standard $304.05 ↑ +19%
United Healthcare Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option $332.92 ↑ +31%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $347.56 ↑ +36%
United Healthcare UHC Medicare Advantage $401.52 ↑ +58%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $401.52 ↑ +58%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $413.57 ↑ +62%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $423.50 ↑ +66%
Humana Medicare Advantage $425.61 ↑ +67%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $436.18 ↑ +71%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $441.67 ↑ +73%
Medica Commercial $478.14 ↑ +88%
United Healthcare Colorado Doctor's Plan $489.62 ↑ +92%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $516.60 ↑ +103%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $516.60 ↑ +103%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $533.82 ↑ +109%
United Healthcare Commercial $544.15 ↑ +114%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $545.30 ↑ +114%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $545.30 ↑ +114%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $545.30 ↑ +114%
Multiplan Commercial $556.78 ↑ +118%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp - VA CCN Tricare not published by hospital
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP not published by hospital

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Wound therapy negative pressure per session > 50 sq cm at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $382.32 $129.85 – $964.85
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $311.11 $241.88 – $556.78
AdventHealth Porter Denver $1,560.50 $42.64 – $793.33
HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's at Presbyterian St. Luke's Denver $915.75 $357.56 – $639.40
HCA HealthONE SKY RIDGE Lone Tree $1,740.00 $416.45 – $639.40
HCA HealthONE SOUTH PARKER ER, A PART OF SKY RIDGE PARKER $1,740.00 $30.40 – $639.40
HCA HealthONE MOUNTAIN RIDGE Thornton $813.79 $416.45 – $639.40
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $1,560.50 $42.64 – $793.33

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