#a/b/c/c/h pnl-candida albicans ab 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

$28.90

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.

$71.00

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.

$12.01 with United Healthcare vs $68.87 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 $12.01 ↓ -58%
Clear Spring Health Medicare Advantage $12.01 ↓ -58%
Longevity Medicare Advantage $12.37 ↓ -57%
Humana Medicare Advantage $12.73 ↓ -56%
Devoted Health Services Medicare Advantage $13.21 ↓ -54%
Pinnacol Assurance Workers Comp Pinnacol Assurance WC $18.83 ↓ -35%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $19.81 ↓ -31%
HealthSpring Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc. Medicare Advantage $22.01 ↓ -24%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Medicare $22.01 ↓ -24%
Banner Health Banner Choice Plus/Banner Select $22.01 ↓ -24%
Medica Medicare Advantage $22.01 ↓ -24%
Medicare Traditional Medicare $22.01 ↓ -24%
Assist Health Group AHG Specialty Network $26.41 ↓ -9%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway Standard $37.61 ↑ +30%
United Healthcare Colorado Navigate/Colorado Option $41.18 ↑ +42%
Denver Health Medical Plan Commercial $42.99 ↑ +49%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Pathway $52.38 ↑ +81%
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Colorado Blue Priority/HMO/PPO/Indemnity $53.95 ↑ +87%
Medica Commercial $59.14 ↑ +105%
United Healthcare Colorado Doctor's Plan $60.56 ↑ +110%
Apostrophe, Inc. Commercial $63.90 ↑ +121%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $63.90 ↑ +121%
Aetna Commercial/Medical Rental $66.03 ↑ +128%
United Healthcare Commercial $67.31 ↑ +133%
Rocky Mountain Health Plans Private Plan/Self Insured Plan $67.45 ↑ +133%
Hue Health, Inc Medicare Advantage $67.45 ↑ +133%
First Choice of the Midwest Commercial $67.45 ↑ +133%
Multiplan Commercial $68.87 ↑ +138%
Molina Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP not published by hospital

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#a/b/c/c/h pnl-candida albicans ab at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $13.13 $11.65 – $67.45
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $18.96 $11.65 – $67.45
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $52.47 $29.92 – $68.87
AdventHealth Porter Denver $191.03 $11.77 – $22.22
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $191.03 $11.77 – $22.22
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $191.03 $11.77 – $22.22
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $191.03 $11.77 – $22.22
AdventHealth Parker Parker $191.03 $11.77 – $22.22

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