CMS Price Transparency Data

X-ray, lower back

Facility: Sterling Regional Medcenter

Billing Code: 72110 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$106

about 1.0× the $107 Medicare rate · typically $62–$191

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$115

About the fair price

about $9 over the fair price · 1.1× Medicare

Medicare pays $107 Fair price $106 This hospital $115 Cash price $378 Hospital's list price $839

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How this hospital compares to other CO hospitals

Highest price of the 9 CO hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.

Cheapest $30 Priciest $115

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 CO hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

⚠ The cash price looks unusually high next to the insurance price — it may be the full list price, not a real cash discount. Call to confirm the self-pay rate.

A fair price for a X-ray, lower back is about $106 (about 1.0× the $107 Medicare rate). Sterling Regional Medcenter charges insurers about $115, or about $378 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Sterling, CO.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

4 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Humana CignaKaiser Permanente

Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.

Insurance company	Price range	vs. Medicare
UnitedHealthcaremajor	$107 - $795	100%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$260 - $638	243%
Aetnamajor	$234 - $780	219%
Humanamajor	$113	106%
Banner Health	$260	243%
Cigna HealthSpring	$260	243%
Devoted Health	$118	110%
Health Net	$755	707%
Medica	$260 - $699	243%
+ 8 smaller / regional plans	$107 - $797

Government programs also on file: Medicare.

Excludes 2 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.

Self-Pay How to get the cash price

Tell the billing desk you want to be billed as self-pay — not through insurance — before your visit.
Ask for the cash / prompt-pay discount in writing, with the exact price (about 378), before you agree to anything.
Get it in writing that they won’t also bill your insurance, so the cash price is what you owe.
Check the CPT code on your bill matches exactly: 72110.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Sterling Regional Medcenter is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 72110.
Confirm the doctor or provider is in-network too — not just the hospital building.
Check your Explanation of Benefits against the hospital’s final itemized bill.

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Other Procedures at Sterling Regional Medcenter

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Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.