5' nucleotidase - sendout 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

$32.67

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.

$99.00

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.

$11.15 with United Healthcare vs $96.03 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 $11.15 ↓ -66%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $11.15 ↓ -66%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $11.48 ↓ -65%
Humana Medicare Advantage $11.82 ↓ -64%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $12.27 ↓ -62%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $17.48 ↓ -46%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $27.62 ↓ -15%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $30.69 ↓ -6%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $30.69 ↓ -6%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $30.69 ↓ -6%
Medica Medicare Advantage $30.69 ↓ -6%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $30.69 ↓ -6%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $36.83 ↑ +13%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway Standard $52.44 ↑ +61%
United Healthcare Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option $57.42 ↑ +76%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $59.94 ↑ +83%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $73.04 ↑ +124%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $75.23 ↑ +130%
Medica Commercial $82.47 ↑ +152%
United Healthcare Colorado Doctor's Plan $84.45 ↑ +158%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $89.10 ↑ +173%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $89.10 ↑ +173%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $92.07 ↑ +182%
United Healthcare Commercial $93.85 ↑ +187%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $94.05 ↑ +188%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $94.05 ↑ +188%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $94.05 ↑ +188%
Multiplan Commercial $96.03 ↑ +194%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP not published by hospital

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5' nucleotidase - sendout at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $22.47 $10.82 – $94.05
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $22.77 $10.82 – $94.05
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $60.98 $41.72 – $96.03
AdventHealth Porter Denver $177.46 $10.93 – $20.63
HCA HealthONE BELMAR ER, A PART OF SWEDISH LAKEWOOD $459.21 $6.53 – $27.09
HCA HealthONE MOUNTAIN RIDGE Thornton $195.70 $5.29 – $27.09
HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION Denver $449.68 $11.04 – $11.71
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $177.46 $10.93 – $20.63

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